But what would prepare a student for a job in the real world? Well it
works both ways. There are some literary classics that will be of hardly any
benefit to a kid. There are also many popular bestsellers that will be of no
benefit to a kid. In the future, the kid will be in his office and get promoted
and has to teach another guy how to do his job. This other guy is just incredibly
dimwitted and can’t do a thing right. So this kid has to pull the other guys
weight. Sometimes this happens in the real world. So the kid will take what he
learned from his high school readings, pull out his wand, and with a flick of
his wrist get all the work done in the blink of an eye. No. Reading Harry Potter in high school didn’t help
this kid. So, same scenario but the kid takes what he learns from reading Of Mice and Men. He pulls the other guys
weight so much that his boss starts to get irritated along with his other
co-workers and after a while the kid decides to shoot the other guy. No. He’d
be fired and charged with murder. Hooray for his high school reading curriculum!
Now, these are extreme examples that would probably not happen. But you
get the point. There is a flaw in our current high school reading curriculum.
It does not prepare students for much in today’s society. Something must change
and different books need to be getting read. But which books should be read and
how long till society destroys their meaning? That’s the real question.
I like your perspective on the debate of would literary novels or best sellers help you more in life. It was really interesting. I agree that there is a flaw with our reading curriculum, and that it needs to be changed.
ReplyDeleteI really agree with the fact that there is a flaw in our curriculum, but like you said it works both ways. if the school descieded to put us reading books that helped shap our future what would that due for us? it would just leave us reading books on how to work well at work, if you want to be a doctor then all of high school read books about doctors, it doesn't sound too fun, plus it makes us make a descison on where are future stands. when really our futur is just starting. I think the school gies us the books we read to learn lessons and morals, in mice and men it gave us adeeper in sight to how much the american dream perservered even through a depression. or to stand up for what you belive in like george did when they were getting the job.It all how you look at it there are lessons in the books we read and sure they dont always asertain directly to our future, but they do help us change as a person, that may over time effect our future.
ReplyDeleteI agree that books can be very useful to prepare students in their future if schools do it correctly. Although popular books may not be the most beneficial, they could possibly help people relate to people in their office if they've read common books and this could be an easy way to make friends. However, life lessons from different literay works are obviously important when in comes to life in general.
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