English Teachers

[Skimmel_98 at yahoo.com]

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From: Skimmel_98
Subject: English Teachers
Reply To: [Yahoo! #555] Re: Americanization
Date: 3/2/00 2:04 pm  (ET)

I suspect that English teachers are a lot like those people who decided
to award that British writing award to the new translation of Beowolf
instead of Harry. How many people have read Beowolf of their own free
will? Or having done so, were tempted to read it again?

I have a friend who was a Latin teacher before she retired to become a
professional writer. She always asked the kids in her classes to name
four books they would save if they could only save four books and all
others were wiped out forever. The kids NEVER selected the English
teachers' favorites.