Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Quotation: Flannery O'Connor

"Everywhere I go I'm asked if I think the university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them. There's many a bestseller that could have been prevented by a good teacher."
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  1. Loren EatonJune 23, 2009 at 8:26 AM

    I like this O'Connor quote, too:

    "The high-school English teacher will be fulfilling his responsibility if he furnishes the student a guided opportunity, through the best writing of the past, to come, in time, to an understanding of the best writing of the present. He will teach literature, not social studies or little lessons in democracy or the customs of many lands.

    "And if the student finds that this is not to his taste? Well, that is regrettable. Most regrettable. His taste should not be consulted; it is being formed."

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  2. Jamin Micah JantzJune 23, 2009 at 10:34 AM

    "His taste should not be consulted." Perfect!

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