To: Neoliberalnot
It's a pity, isn't it. I've just read that in Italy all schoolchildren study The Divine Comedy. In America these days, college graduates couldn't even name the author of it, and then they grow to feed their own children this kind of fluff.
523 posted on
08/01/2007 2:19:07 PM PDT by
Revolting cat!
(We all need someone we can bleed on...)
To: Revolting cat!
I've just read that in Italy all schoolchildren study The Divine Comedy. Whoa! You're kidding me! In Italy, Italian schoolkids are reading the poetry of an Italian poet????
SHOCKING!!!
I feel so deprived. When I was in grammar school, I was reading junk by guys named Twain or Whitman or Melville (among others).
537 posted on
08/01/2007 2:28:53 PM PDT by
Tanniker Smith
(I didn't know she was a Muggle when I married her.)
To: Revolting cat!
Dante, I read them in high school, on my own, for fun. And I read HP. You really need to can your sour grapes, it’s freaking pathetic and disgusting. Her writing is more successful than yours, get over it.
544 posted on
08/01/2007 2:32:54 PM PDT by
discostu
(indecision may or may not be my biggest problem)
To: Revolting cat!
It's a pity, isn't it. I've just read that in Italy all schoolchildren study The Divine Comedy. In America these days, college graduates couldn't even name the author of it, and then they grow to feed their own children this kind of fluff. And yet, incredibly, I studied The Divine Comedy in high school AND read Harry Potter.
547 posted on
08/01/2007 2:34:07 PM PDT by
The Blitherer
(What would a Free Man do?)
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