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Mariner students sometimes rebel against the books teachers think they should read. Rossana said students shove back at her "The Grapes of Wrath," a weighty John Steinbeck classic, and say, "Just give me an F."
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OK - I am an old fogey - I could just imagine what my high school would have done if I mouthed off like that... Let alone what my parents would have done to me...
I really gotta wonder how these people will be in the real world, when their boss gives them a project - will they turn it down saying it's too hard?
It's a book, it has a set number of pages, you read it-- what's the problem...
There are some "classics" that I wanted to poke my eyes out they were so dull, and to this day, I still don't quite understand symbolism, but I don't regret reading any of those books... am I a better person because I read them? no... but reading them gives a sense of accomplishment...