What one book contains the most valuable lessons on government that every citizen of the country should become familiar with? The Federalist Papers? Plato’s Democracy? Seems to me that some of this stuff would be a lot more valuable than Romeo and Juliet or anne frankly’s diary or whatever passes for a civics class these days
Inb4 Starship Troopers
Nothing.
Making it mandatory means that it just gets ignored. I read books now only to open them and awaken a lost memory that I did in fact read them in school and have completely forgotten everything about it.
I remember watching Falling Down in year 10 and it just went completely over my head. In fact it'd make me less likely to watch it in the future "because I've seen it"
I see the point, but kids don't have any understanding of what it means before they experience anything like it.