When You Are Oppressed, Or Ten Weighty Reasons for Teenagers and Their Parents

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As for length, well I had to read Great Expectations for O-level, although I read the abridged version having left it to the final few days of the holiday.

Yeah, I was supposed to read that too, in the ninth grade. As I recall, I "abridged" it for myself: I read the first 50 pages and the last 50 pages.

Which brings me back to the thread topic: if it's so easy to avoid reading for school (and yes, still make good grades), isn't it encouraging for parents to know that their teenagers are reading and discussing literature in their free time?