Classic literature. I just don't get it. I didn't get it in high school and I dont get it even now. I find it absolutely useless. And who decided it was "classic?" Because it was classically dull? Or just old?
There are apparently supposed to be life experiences in this old crap - a belief held only by the teachers desperately trying to hold onto jobs that are slowly dying due to the complete disconnect of this stuff from today's life.
Shakespeare? Who cares what Romeo and Juliet did? Today they would be psychiatrically commited. Dickens? The most depressing writer ever without the entertainment value of Edgar Allen Poe. Old English writing is the worst of the lot. High school time would be better spent on real-life stuff like do you buy or lease your new car. Tips on choosing the right contractor for an addition on your house, etc.
But no. Schools compel themselves to live in the past, and you don't get much more "in the past" than "classic" literature. Or much more useless.
Interested in that subject? Take it in college. Don't inflict it on the rest of us.
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