“I will not eat them…” is not a familiar phrase to everybody because its author is mediocre
So are hundreds of commercial phrases, in the seventies it was "I cant believe I ate the whole thing"
"Pepsi for those who think young"
Catchphrases do not good literature make.
My point is that at least in my daugher's school, Betsy and the rest dont get any attention. The entire school day appears to be a diversion...and history is getting a short short handle.
Green Eggs & Ham is not a commercial catch phrase, it’s classic American literature for children. Actually though “I can’t believe I ate the whole thing” is a classic in it’s own right. I’m sure it’s sometimes discussed in graduate level marketing classes, and rightly so. Never heard that Pepsi one. When the topic is literature, and the audience is children, who can top Seuss? Tell me you don’t get just a little warm and fuzzy inside every time the Grinch himself carves the roast beast. The fact that millions upon millions have felt that same warm fuzziness every December for decades on end indicates greatness, not mediocrity.
My point is that at least in my daugher's school, Betsy and the rest dont get any attention. The entire school day appears to be a diversion...and history is getting a short short handle.
I’m the last one to apologize for the retched state of government schools, but wrote that you daughter is seven. The basics of grammar and arithmetic are what count now. You still got 10 or 11 years for Appomattox. If you’re still seeing nothing by fifth grade, perhaps you need to open your check book and escape to private a private school.