In English speaking countries English literature classes in which students read fiction should be abolished as a graduation requirement for High School and Universities for all Majors and the English Literature Major should be abolished from any University that receives taxpayer funding
but fully agree that schools should not be funded by taxes, at all.
How do you believe they will benefit by reading stories that are declared to be fiction meaning that the events never happened according to the authors claims
It is like reading a textbook for history class except the textbook writer claims the history never happened but you have to learn it anyway
Why?
So I am not against learning literature. If you read a lot, you will be a better writer.
Writing is a very important skill.
So I originally posted fiction stories as a means to try to get around censorship that would happen if I posted certain information in non fiction form
But I still think it is bad policy to force people to reae stories about things that never happened and then test them on that knowledge especially when people could be studying information that is supposed to be true
They could double the hours teaching math for example instead and most people could have college degree level science
Good approach. That's another reason to encourage literacy.
I think it is bad policy to force people to do anything (some exceptions). That is one of the reasons that the classroom model is fundamentally broken.
Some non-fiction books on this subject you may enjoy are by John Taylor Gatto:
https://greathomeschoolconventions.com/blog/the-legacy-of-john-taylor-gatto