Re: In search of User Perspectives on Catcher in the Rye

Emily Friedman (bananafish_9@yahoo.com)
Wed, 02 Dec 1998 19:49:33 -0800 (PST)

---LeMelon@aol.com wrote:
>
> 	As a sophomore in high school, and a member of the honors English
class... I
> thought someone may find it interesting to know that we had to sign
a pledge
> not to use Cliff's Notes.  My teacher explained that she often
received essays
> lifted directly from the back of Cliff's Notes.   Plus, if we can't
understand
> the book without the help, we apparently belong in a different
class.  I
> dunno, only the regular track at my school reads The Catcher in the
Rye...
> hum.  A loophole!!
> 
> 	Ellen (so i'm fickle about screen names, so what?)
> 
That is a very good idea. I'm surprised that my teachers haven't
thought of that. When I was in 10th grade I felt that it was pretty
sad when I noticed that about half of the class was using Cliff's
notes for Catcher in the Rye and that was honors english. If someone
really tried I don't think that they would need to use Cliff's notes,
even in the lower English classes. I have a friend in a lower class
than me and she does just fine without them.
-Liz Friedman
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