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>tfw glad i didnt read any forced literature in highschool otherwise i would be permanently sour towards reading

>> No.12871432

Of mice and frogs

>> No.12871437

I don't even remember high school

>> No.12871522

>>12871437
t. boomer

>> No.12871534

>>12870816
The best thing a high school teacher can is let students choose their own books.

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12871546

>forced to read tons of shit in school
>have to read Shakespeare in highschool
>not a brainlet so I actually understand it
>convince myself to start reading classics because Shakespeare was better than shit like the Outsiders

>> No.12871567

>>12871546
based, redpilled, and comfy
I can relate anon

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12871580

>be me in highschool english.
>Me and some autist were the best at understanding the prose in Beowulf.
>Try to impress teacher because she's a babe probably in her late 20s.
>don't even give a fuck about the good grades I was getting.

>> No.12871583

i appreciated or at the very least didnt hate all of the good things we were assigned in high school. yes, i hated all of the pseudo-YA and grievance study garbage

>> No.12872129

>>12870816
My school assigned good shit (for the most part) so that was never really a problem for me.

>> No.12872138

>>12871522
no I'm 18 I was just drunk the whole time lmao

>> No.12872194

>>12870816
Hated Charles Dickins, loved everything else they made us read

>> No.12872201

At public schools, it's pretty retarded because you're in a class with the children of people barely skimming through life.

>> No.12872853

>>12872138
I'm 18 and still in high school :(

>> No.12872948

>>12871534
that's the dumbest thing i've ever read

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>>12870816
>tfw was forced to read Murakami

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>>12871546
Relatable.
>tfw had to read an example of 'modern' German literature
>it's Süsskind's 'The Perfume'
>read it
>level of writing doesn't even compare to Goethe, Kafka or even Fontane...
Still motivated me to read the second part of Faust and classics in general.

>> No.12873016

What are you talking about, Steinbeck was awesome!

>> No.12873061

>>12871580
based
pussy>>>books everytime

>> No.12873116

>>12870816
I did the reading and enjoyed it. Fuck you.

>> No.12873131

>>12873116
congrats on being a nerd faggot

>> No.12873296

>>12872995
that's comfy though
*pours a bourbon*

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>>12870816
>tfw had a ton of forced literature in highschool
>read and enjoyed most of it, school turned me into much more of a patrician than 4chan ever could
I pity you people who are solitary readers

>> No.12873673

>the book is about race

Harper Lee is a menace.

>> No.12873995

>>12873004
>Goethe, Kafka, fucking Fontane
>good
So education failed you twice?

>> No.12874171

>>12873004
We read that too. Don't remember why they picked it.