tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4791217612275966264.comments2013-12-03T05:01:42.822-08:00AVERAGEpamela gerhardthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15255222925112094463noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4791217612275966264.post-30631386156471435122013-12-03T05:01:42.822-08:002013-12-03T05:01:42.822-08:00Thanks for your input, Carla. Its kind of demorali...Thanks for your input, Carla. Its kind of demoralizing after a while -- and I would think it would make a person actually dislike lit class.pamela gerhardthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15255222925112094463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4791217612275966264.post-24261674109360529932013-12-02T22:00:56.010-08:002013-12-02T22:00:56.010-08:00UGH. I was subjected to questions like this one on...UGH. I was subjected to questions like this one on every test of my AP English class senior year of high school (in 2008, before common core). The tests were just matching columns of inane details like this. Normally I was an A student, and I would get Cs and Ds on these tests despite reading all the books and trying to memorize these kinds of things. Thankfully I had other great English teachers before her.Carlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01428539179552096078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4791217612275966264.post-90295554468188790572013-12-02T09:12:06.442-08:002013-12-02T09:12:06.442-08:00Yes. I have a whole bunch of these type questions....Yes. I have a whole bunch of these type questions. I'll post more. Here is the explanation: the teachers have told me that Spark notes and internet has ruined it for everyone. If teachers only asked about theme, etc., the kids would only read the spark notes.pamela gerhardthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15255222925112094463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4791217612275966264.post-8727464963213147712013-12-02T09:07:33.994-08:002013-12-02T09:07:33.994-08:00Appallingly shitty teaching of literature. Only N...Appallingly shitty teaching of literature. Only Nabokov could get away with that kind of thing. He used to have exams where he'd ask what Madame Bovary kept on her night table. But that was for a college class in the 50's and nobody gave a shit grade you got. So the little joke was kind of funny. Jerenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03343506557854688430noreply@blogger.com