click-bait isn't just for top-ten quiz content...

this article definitely stirs up some emotions, but if you want to land those emotions on solid footing, you'll be hard pressed.

in the end, the author mostly just makes a case for why college students should read the illiad in full. all the anecdotes are either about kids reading less are either lacking context (ex: it is likely everyone is reading less classics) or about schools focusing on testable skills and thus using more excerpts in place of full classical texts.

there is something to this topic at a high level though: what kind of books could be taught in middle school and highschool? what changes should be made to when and why students learn classical literature? what other activities and lessons can break through smartphone distractions and engage young adults in a world that has changed so much?

the kids have a good chance of being all right. schools will evolve and so should how we think about and teach classic literature.