You got that right. I can remember my high school "English" classes quite well. I remember being force-fed snippets of Shakespeare or "Tale Of Two Cities" by Dickens. We were never allowed to absorb the literature. Instead, we focused on one or two chapters and then moved quickly on the next subject. When the teacher did assign an entire book, most of the class cheated by getting "Cliff Notes" and they often ended up getting the best grades on their paper. It was discouraging.
Or reading Classics Comics.