A Novel Burden

One former English teacher's view on the problem with reading novels in school

Very excited to share The Bell Ringer’s first guest essay! 

We’ve got a banger today from Cafeteria Duty, a high school administrator in the U.S. who writes one of my favorite Substacks (CD’s post “Is Teaching Novels Even Worth It?”, which was also published at The Grade, is a personal favorite). 

After my recent essay on k-12 students reading fewer books…