Reply #47: In honor's English classes, yes.

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The Fountainhead was required for one course. I hated it and told the teacher I did. She had no problems with someone not liking the book but said that we needed to be exposed to it before college, if only to know what someone was talking about when references were made.


(Just wanted to add: the teacher in question also had us read a number of other books, most of which were controversial in nature. She had no problems with the student telling her they hated a book, as long as they could articulate a decent argument against it. The Fountainhead was the only book I was able to answer "This book is idiotic." and get away with it.)