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Literary Analysis or Amateur Psychology?

Literary Analysis or Amateur Psychology?

by mylinhshattan | Mar 30, 2014 | On Education, On Literature

A friend shared her son’s 7th grade English assignment.   This worksheet makes my stomach churn.  It entirely misses the point of this often referenced, much misunderstood passage. In it, Tom Sawyer must white wash the fence but instead, convinced his peers to do it...

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