I hate the way anything before 1920 is worthy...

Why are the 'classics' taught in schools?

There are thousands of books published every year, many of which are excellent, but none of these are considered 'worthy' enough to be taught in schools.

Why?

What does a 21st Century teenager see in a book by Jane Austen that they wouldn't be able to find, in much more modern terms, in a book by someone like Jacqueline Wilson or Louise Rennison?

Puny humans...

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