My school and high school never had us read any non-fiction books (only fiction)? Do you agree this is a problem and if so why or why not? (lemmy.world)

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Plus it would be cool if you could recommend some particular essential non-fiction books that should be taught in schools, or that people should read if they didn't read them in school.

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[-] scoobford@lemmy.zip 13 points 4 months ago

Disagree with your underlying assertion that students do not read nonfiction books. Your textbooks are nonfiction.

In terms of more "classic" nonfiction materials, j don't think it's a very important skill. Something like Anne Frank's diary or Night can definitely be powerful, but I don't think reading a secondary source on the American civil war has any more value for a student than a chapter in a textbook.

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