“Why do I have to learn this stuff?” Misinformation and the American High-School Literature Textbook (for Kindle)
One of the most common questions asked by high-school students is: ‘Why do I have to learn this stuff?’ High-school English textbooks answer this question, with regard to what is taught in English class anyway, and the answer is what students have always suspected: There is no good reason to know much of what they [...]