Writing

It starts young. Do they get actual, physical books anymore? Required reading in my classes were things like Shakespeare's plays, The Odyssey, Moby Dick, The Scarlet Letter. You had to really think about characters and motives to write essays about them (No Cliff Notes allowed!) One of my favorite classes was, "Greek and Elizabethan Drama and Derivatives." I also wonder if they still have Creative Writing classes. Has AI already taken over schools?

I think history books/tv series also stimulate thinking to answer the question of, "Why?" (Yes--I'm addicted to The History Channel!) Curiousity about all things seems to be in short supply.