/lit/ - Literature

>>18749735
Money is kinda goofy
>abstraction of effort but only how others perceive that effort
>abstraction of power but for most people kept secret
>used as a currency, more can be made and it is inherently worthless
I don't think hating money is the answer, I think its all the bullshit and unfairness surrounding money. Financial problems are just a shadow of human problems.

Why do I get paid more now as a software dev working from home than when I was unloading palates with 0 breaks in highschool with homework waiting afterwards? Money fuckery I guess

>>18530522
Given that student hardly ever read the books these days really its got to be either very engaging or at least bring up decent class conversation. I'd roughly guess we are working with 1/4 having read the book, 1/2 spark noting it, 1/4 coming completely unprepared. Honestly the school board has done not completely shit with their selections, besides a few terrible takes for high school students.

uhh my list might look something like this:
1. With the Old Breed by Eugene Sledge
2. 1984 (I know hopefully the teacher isnt complete shit)
3. Slaughterhouse-five by Kurt Vonnegut
4. Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein
5. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Seems a bit too focused on fascism and not enough on fun yet educating books. 5 is really limiting. At least the class won't be wasting their time on Gothic classics, god forsaken written plays instead of watching them, Death of a Salesman and other neo Marxist lit, or 2nd wave feminist lit like The Awakening. And lets all be honest with ourselves books like the Scarlet Letter and The Crucible are reading exercises at best.

>>18324700
I think there is a happy medium to be found between passion and having an open mind. Same for enjoyment and productivity.