English and literature

Why does English and literature, especially in high school, in the US, focus so much on "important" fictional literature like jane austen and Shakespeare. Also why focus so much on writing like a novelist. It's not like a majority of high school students enjoy reading or writing about such matters. Plus a majority of people don't use creative writing in their professional or personal lives. I understand the importance of learning about "important" fictional writing but it shouldn't be taught for more than half the time in high school.

Why not focus more on functional English and literature and develop skills to comphrend and be able to write like a journalist or a researcher. That would be more important for most people in a professional setting and in general for society. Being able to comphrend the writings of Christiane Amanpour or Marie Curie more important than comphrending Pride and Prejuide.

Also to all of the English teachers who think everything should be written in first person, YOU ARE WRONG.. Writing in third person is far more utilized and students should be made comfortable righting in such manner.

Submitted August 17, 2023 at 09:12PM by Odd_Ad6089 https://ift.tt/kIEoiYA