I’m Late and the Cat Ate my Homework

Them’s good eatin’ words This is my Monday post that turned into my Tuesday post that turned into my Wednesday post. That’s my week! The original post was inspired by a post-rant by fellow blogger Gabrielle Prendergast about how high school kids hate to read the books their teachers assign to them. The rant wasn’t about the kids, it was about teachers who refuse to believe that no good literature has been written in the past 40 years and are stuck in Steinbeck mode. She was inspired by a page of tweets by kids about having to read The Worst Book Ever. Some of these “worst books ever” include Huckleberry Finn, The Great Gatsby, and (gasp) To Kill a Mockingbird. Personally, I don’t know how anyone can’t fall in love...