I made an argument in favor of keeping works of “serious literary value” in public schools. slate.com/life/2025/05... - ThreadSky

annieabrams.bsky.social • 6 days ago

I made an argument in favor of keeping works of “serious literary value” in public schools. https://slate.com/life/2025/05/classical-education-book-banning-literacy-reading.html?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=traffic&utm_source=article&utm_content=web_share

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vandennis.bsky.social•6 days ago

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havfree.bsky.social•6 days ago

Thanks for this Interesting piece; it brings up many issues. I have spent a lot of time in NYC HS ELA classrooms - one thing is certain, we need to get rid of AP courses in the humanities. At the same time, non-AP lit courses here are too often single-issue focussed, and reading an entire book rare.

emilysenefeld.bsky.social•6 days ago

when i saw pete hegseth was involved with classical school movement, I thought yeah that tracks. the DeVos/Princes are a big reason why it's so creepy and they are going to shove it onto more and more TN counties that refuse.

annieabrams.bsky.social•6 days ago

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annieabrams.bsky.social•6 days ago

PDF: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/q7x7smv3qevd5c9srne1n/Why-don-t-kids-read-books-in-school_-Why-right-wing-defenses-of-the-humanities-can-never-be-enough_.pdf?rlkey=a8nz5redb28zeadoqcvdp02td&st=83tvmyk6&dl=0

annieabrams.bsky.social•6 days ago

@cnewf.bsky.social for your consideration

annieabrams.bsky.social•6 days ago

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mattseybold.bsky.social•6 days ago

I just finished reading this! And it clarifies very well what you've been circling around and worrying over in public for months.

kshahyd.bsky.social•6 days ago

Thank you Annie!

madmacs.bsky.social•6 days ago

Thanks for making that more available.

annieabrams.bsky.social•6 days ago

happy manifesto week @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social

dan-sinnamon.bsky.social•6 days ago

🥳

annieabrams.bsky.social•6 days ago

thanks to @lollardfish.bsky.social for reading an early, very different draft

johndownesangus.bsky.social•6 days ago

The kids agree btw

https://411press.net/2447/opinion/the-classics-why-im-obsessed/

shamlet.bsky.social•6 days ago

My Canadian context has some different contours, but American voices are always rippling and echoing through our public ed systems, so this is an important read. Thank you

deanbarker.bsky.social•6 days ago

Thank you for this.

(And not to add to the confusion over the term "classics," but I always like to share with potential Latin students that Morrison minored in Classics at Howard.)

annieabrams.bsky.social•6 days ago

a student asked yesterday if Morrison was self-consciously writing herself into an American literary tradition

chas0853.bsky.social•6 days ago

I'd love to see the 'classical education' folks' listing of 'classic' novels.

Here are a couple of listings by publishers. How many on these listings would be rejected by the 'classical' folks?

Quite a few, I'd suggest.

https://www.penguin.co.uk/discover/articles/100-must-read-classic-books

https://www.panmacmillan.com/blogs/classics/classic-books-to-read-before-you-die

tkinnama.bsky.social•6 days ago

Good for you! Paywall, though, so I only read the first few paragraphs. Any chance you can give me the gist of it?

annieabrams.bsky.social•6 days ago

PDF here: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/q7x7smv3qevd5c9srne1n/Why-don-t-kids-read-books-in-school_-Why-right-wing-defenses-of-the-humanities-can-never-be-enough_.pdf?rlkey=a8nz5redb28zeadoqcvdp02td&st=83tvmyk6&dl=0

tkinnama.bsky.social•6 days ago

Thank you! I will read this.

tkinnama.bsky.social•6 days ago

Great! Honestly, it kills me that the right has taken over the idea that reading books in a genuinely critical manner is good for you.

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