Re:‘Luddite’ Teens Don’t Want Your Likes
by Wowfunhappy on Friday December 16, 2022 @04:36PM
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> As you yourself pointed, Dostoyevski is a required reading in high school and as anybody who had the "pleasure" of attending school, knows required reading usually isn't something what appeals to the youth (killing joy from this activity is another problem).
That's true of a lot of students, but not everyone! A couple of classmates in particular come to mind who definitely, genuinely loved the books we were assigned.
Heck, while I didn't like most of the books we read, there were a handful I loved! Montana, 1948, for example, was amazing.
It's not an accomplishment, but it's definitely more, as parent commenter said, "performative" than saying they read any popular author of today.
As you yourself pointed, Dostoyevski is a required reading in high school and as anybody who had the "pleasure" of attending school, knows required reading usually isn't something what appeals to the youth (killing joy from this activity is another problem).