visual vs literary

[ltumc]

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From: ltumc
Subject: Re: visual vs literary
Reply To: [Yahoo! #6467] Re: visual vs literary
Date: 8/10/00 1:49 pm  (ET)

I definately agree that just because someone can read something doesn't
mean they're ready for it. Last year in high school Freshman English we
read the Iliad. I attend a college prep school, and so we're supposedly
"smarter" than anyone else. Believe me, it's really untrue. But it
means that our teachers expect us to perform at a college level. While
we could read the book, and understood the words, the story was beyond
everyone. Every class that read the book failed every test because
we found it incredibly boring and we couldn't fully understand the
story. Yet my father read it recently, and thouroughly enjoyed it. So
though children may be fully capable of reading the books, it is very
easy for them to not be ready for them.
- Lisa -