A story made it onto NPR and the blogosphere about Duke University students unhappy with the contents of a reading assignment. They were objecting to the gay marriage portrayed in the novel. The work was described as a "graphic novel". Which is same-same as comic book. Since when were comic books assigned college reading assignments? Or is it just Duke?
Or is it all over? Certainly the reading assigned to my children in middle and high school varied between bad and worse. Perhaps college is jumping on the terrible reading list bandwagon? Certainly those decrying the decline of the liberal arts ought to look at the literature selected for college study. Could it be that the selected literature is so bad as to drive students away?
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