(Or: I was a sucky teenage writer!)
Various things that have been echoing around my f-list lately have had me thinking about my experience of secondary-school English, why it was so negative, and why I find myself at least somewhat sympathizing with those who are wary of academic approaches to their preferred reading matter even if I think it's inappropriate to express that wariness as public hostility.
( Reminiscences and Introspection: Long )
Various things that have been echoing around my f-list lately have had me thinking about my experience of secondary-school English, why it was so negative, and why I find myself at least somewhat sympathizing with those who are wary of academic approaches to their preferred reading matter even if I think it's inappropriate to express that wariness as public hostility.
( Reminiscences and Introspection: Long )
