The English Language has Changed a Lot.

[pangaia]

29. I still remember in high school (I graduated in 1961) reading

Great Expectations, A Tale of Two Cities, The Canterbury Tales, Whitman, Emerson, going to see A Midsummer Night's Dream in Stratford, CT. after spending weeks studying it in class...and much else

We ALSO read and studied Evangeline. I can remember the classroom, where in each class someone would be assigned to recite passages from memory. I can still barely remember the beginning--
This is the forest primeval. The murmuring pines and hemlocks,
bearded with moss, and garments green....duh.. that's it...

And Latin, French and Spanish, and Algebra, Trig, Geometry, Calculus, World, European and American History.(Excluding Asia pretty much.) Art History, GYM !!! :&gt I can still smell the wrestling room.

How could I have known what an influence all this would have upon my soon-to-begin-life in college, grad school, post grad, and career--no--"life," as a classical musician and teacher.

And in 2013---- what?

Great post.