ping - let me agree with the statement that kids do not get classic literature exposure. rather, a lot of liberal / multicultural indoctrination in the book choices.
"ping - let me agree with the statement that kids do not get classic literature exposure. rather, a lot of liberal / multicultural indoctrination in the book choices."
Let me add ...
I know this because I have an 11 and an 8 yr old in the pulblic schools. No matter, they both are big readers, read a lot more than I ever did at their age, and much of it is classic literature (children's classics) - at home. Although my daughter is also this week reading an ALA-approved modern book that in my mind fits the 'liberal indoctrination' mold, the book "Hoot" (plotline: kids fights meanie developers to save an owl's nest). She got the book via the school (book sale).
I cannot think of a single classic literature book that they read via the school.
Most of their learning, as is ever the case, is outside the classroom.