[LM_NET] OT: Vent on Cultural Illiteracy

[Deb Sherrod <dsherrod@BRS.CGRESD.NET>]

Good Morning,

I am probably over reacting to this, but I had to get it off my chest:  I listened 
to NPR's "Wait! Wait! Don't Tell Me" show on Saturday, May 6, when a high school 
English teacher from Chicago got to compete.  One of the celebrity panel asked her 
if Billy Budd is still taught in high school English departments and she answered, 
"No, it isn't, whatever that is," or words to that effect.  Granted, I have never 
read that Melville novel but I at least know what it is!  

Needless to say that I cringed and wished that she had not identified herself as an 
English teacher!

So, am I over reacting?

Deb Sherrod, K-12 Librarian (English teacher, too)
Beaverton Rural Schools
Beaverton, Michigan

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