I went to two very different private schools and the reading was very different. The first one taught in 3 week blocks you studied one subject (except math and language) at a time. Fiction from the period or historical ficton or mythology was incorporated into the history blocks. The English blocks were divided into genre and or period. Ie science fiction, elizabethian etc. We even had one that was the bible and other religious texts and their effect on other writings. The one that I remember was the Hobbit.
I had dyslexia so reading huge volumes was a problem for me. The second school was Montverde Academy here in Florida and we read the suggested list by the Florida board of ed at the time. Mostly classics which I had already read at the other school. I noticed my nieces in high school were reading Dune I didn't get that till college.
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