What a snob!/ Good writing/bad writing redux

[Catlady (Rita Prince]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "potioncat" <willsonkmom at ...> wrote:

<< Our high school reading list has some excellent books and short stories. I don't have a problem with any one of the selection. However, the selection itself is horrible. Every single of the books/plays/short stories has to do with death.

I don't think it's the right mix for teenagers, especially with the teen suicide rate so high. Not that I think a depressing book will make someone become depressed, but it wouldn't help someone who already was. I certainly wouldn't want to read all of those selections in a 9 month span. >>

Have you spoken to whomever put the list together?