If I Ever end up teaching an English Class.
I'm going to require my students to read literature that's more cheerful.
As it seems like all the 'classics' and the 'real literature' and 'noteworthy books' that I was made to read in school....were downright depressing.
I mean a book doesn't have to have meaning just because something bad happens.
Why not focus on more positive books with more uplifting meanings? Books with adventure and thrills. Books that let you explore the world and experience multiple cultures at once....
Okay...I probably would end up teaching a fantasy class....
Because have you noticed that the Fantasy Genre tends to be where the stories end happily?
I mean. Of course you have favorite characters die, and things happen that leave you staring at the wall going "NOOOO!!!"
But overall, the books have great messages to them, and great plots, characters, motivations.
Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Wheel of Time, The Mistborn books.
Seriously.
We should be able to read books in school that don't leave one feeling depressed at the end.
Because that's what it felt like in school. Every English book I had to read I already knew would be depressing, because that's what all English books seem to be about.
We need to change that.
And I will change that....if I ever teach an English Class. lol
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