This brings up the whole issue of popular culture vs the "classics". Perhaps I'll write something up about this, the idea of a core of knowledge that needs to be taught in schools has been a contentious issue in the US since the 1960's when Columbia University came out with its two year "Contemporary Civilization" course. Lots of schools adopted the text (which was just selections from the "core") and fights over what should be included have never ceased. Policies not Politics ---- Daily Landscape
