Reply #37: That was my question. [View All]

[knitter4democracy]

I didn't want to read Salinger in my AP class when I was a senior (didn't want to read yet another male-centered book, in all honesty, but claimed it was about faith), so I got to read Tess of the d'Urbervilles instead. Much better--I loved it, had fun reading and writing my own paper while listening to the rest of the class talk about teen angst, etc.

I didn't take on the school because there was a book I didn't like--I just read another book. What's the problem?

Oh, and the teachers will make her read more. Trust me--I did it when I taught, and my teachers did it to me. Methinks, though, they should've answered with Animal Farm instead.