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Cunning Linguist said:
This isn't a commentary on you as much as it is the difficulty of most high school English texts but I think you and most kids like Of Mice and Men because it's not only short but a very easy read. Steinbeck's style is very simple and there's virtually no challenging vocabulary in it. Compare that to anything by Shakespeare or Hawthorne or many other common high school texts and it for the most part stands apart. Honestly, it's really 4th-6th grade level in difficulty but the substance of it, and the fact that it's a book I suppose, and perhaps most of all, because it's so engrained in high school curriculums, is why it's still read there.
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And its really good. Everyone loves it.

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Don't get me wrong, I can't wait to teach it after Xmas break (we're doing Lord of the Flies in November and December) because it's easy and the kids love it.
 
There's a really hot redhead here in the Barnes and Noble where I'm doing schoolwork right now. Her hair. Face. Attire. So freakin' sexy.
 
I guess maybe i will read of mice and men after this discussion. If I dont forget by the time i finish my new book.
 
ONE LOVE said:
Yeah but if you give them something with too much 'substance' like Of Mice and Men, and Huckleberry Finn, and kids are put off reading for the rest of their lives, do you want that?
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Enjoyed both of those books in HS. Some people like substance, some people don't. I would rather we teach with substance.
 
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