> Passing references to Moby Dick, Crime and Punishment, and even my unit about The Odyssey, confine literary merit to a very small, very old, very white, and very male box.
This is ridiculous. Is the book less important, less valuable, because of who wrote it? Did the Odyssey last so long because it has little value. It was a “very old” book even in the 1500s.
This essay reads like someone who argues with the teacher about the value of algebra. And speaking of math, most mathematical concepts are “very old” as well — doesn’t make them less valuable.
Who wrote something is less important than what it says. Sounds to me like this essay writer is still young enough to think they know everything.
This is ridiculous. Is the book less important, less valuable, because of who wrote it? Did the Odyssey last so long because it has little value. It was a “very old” book even in the 1500s.
This essay reads like someone who argues with the teacher about the value of algebra. And speaking of math, most mathematical concepts are “very old” as well — doesn’t make them less valuable.
Who wrote something is less important than what it says. Sounds to me like this essay writer is still young enough to think they know everything.