QUOTE: From Moreover:
"In literature, the same levelling spirit ousted much of classic English and American literature from the nation’s classrooms, to be replaced by whatever seemed immediately “relevant” to the lives of students. Instead of John Donne or Nathaniel Hawthorne, William Blake or Henry David Thoreau, students in high school were reading stories about teenagers and their problems. There are even essays in the "literature" textbooks written (allegedly) by teens, as well as articles about contemporary social issues and how to solve such urgent problems as completing a job application.
The young must have heroes; they must have stories that stir them. When the schools strip the history and literature curriculum of significant ideas, people and writings, replacing them with fluff and contemporary concerns, then the future of our culture is jeopardised. Unfortunately, such acts of cultural vandalism leave our youngsters with nothing but the popular culture and its vacuous icons."
"Thou shalt not extinguish thine anger, but shall master it,
that thy conscience may not be blunted by adjustment
to wrong causes."
-The Dutch Ten Commandments to Foil the Nazis
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