Comments on: Welcome to 2044 http://www.chaosprg.com/blog/2009/06/welcome-to-2044/ Without creativity, the universe would just be columns of numbers. Tue, 27 Jul 2010 07:27:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: irv http://www.chaosprg.com/blog/2009/06/welcome-to-2044/comment-page-1/#comment-69 irv Sat, 20 Jun 2009 18:36:20 +0000 http://www.chaosprg.com/blog/?p=197#comment-69 When I was in high school I developed the opinion that the classics were chosen BECAUSE they had so little value to students. It was a scam to make teachers seem smarter than they were. Maybe I don't still have that opinion (or maybe I do). In the case of 1984 it seems possible that what made it a classic was the cultural significance of the ideas in it, rather than the quality of the writing. If that's true, then maybe it should be used in history classes, to show the growth of ideas about government and totalitarianism, than in literature classes where it just torments young people. When I was in high school I developed the opinion that the classics were chosen BECAUSE they had so little value to students. It was a scam to make teachers seem smarter than they were. Maybe I don’t still have that opinion (or maybe I do).

In the case of 1984 it seems possible that what made it a classic was the cultural significance of the ideas in it, rather than the quality of the writing. If that’s true, then maybe it should be used in history classes, to show the growth of ideas about government and totalitarianism, than in literature classes where it just torments young people.

]]> By: Steven Till http://www.chaosprg.com/blog/2009/06/welcome-to-2044/comment-page-1/#comment-67 Steven Till Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:44:51 +0000 http://www.chaosprg.com/blog/?p=197#comment-67 I did have to read 1984, as well as Animal Farm. Parts of 1984 were good from what I remember, but then other parts really drug. I might appreciate the literary value of it more now if I went back and re-read it. You don't appreciate the classics much in high school. I did have to read 1984, as well as Animal Farm. Parts of 1984 were good from what I remember, but then other parts really drug. I might appreciate the literary value of it more now if I went back and re-read it. You don’t appreciate the classics much in high school.

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