The alternative? For starters, give students numerous and diverse options. Instead of making students study yet another American poem, expose them to Japanese graphic novels. Rather than forcing kids to perform one more play, show them a few films from the 1980s. When you run out of ideas, assign a random Wikipedia article. If you want to help kids discover what emotionally “clicks” for them, trial and error beats academic tradition cold. Anyone who calls Japanese comic books and old movies “useless” should check their double standard. How are comic books and movies any more useless than poems
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