Required Reading in High School

[Kimeli Wade]

This subject came up in class last night.  I was required to read ALL of the classics in school.  All of Shakespeare's works, The Canterbury Tales, The Iliad, The Odyssey, Beowulf, Great Expectations, The Scarlet Letter, Moby Dick and countless others.  Coming from a family of avid readers, and being one myself, I was so frustrated with these books.  I didn't understand them or know how to read them (there was obviously a secret method I was not privy to).  What's worse is that others in my class seemed to be doing quite well with them, and I often wondered what they had that I didn't being the reason why I was having so much difficulty.  Hell, I was smart, at least that's what I'd been told all my life.  I was obviously lazy too, as it never occurred to me to corner the teacher and demand the key to the door I couldn't get through. 

[Clifford Black]

What you are now doing is known as introspective and retrospective viewing and is a very important aspect that must be learned in order for one to get to know SELF.

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