Maverick Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 Is anyone glad they did both, or do you feel that WEM is a good sub for HTRAB, making the latter unnecessary? Yeah, yeah, I know, no learning is ever wasted...but we can't read everything in the next four years. :001_rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 sorry for appearing dumb, but what is HTRAB? MelissaL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Posted April 13, 2008 Author Share Posted April 13, 2008 Sorry, it's How to Read a Book by Mortimer Adler. I'm kind of carrying over my thoughts from a previous thread... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HS mom Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 HTRAB is much more in depth than WEM. Therein lies it's strength...and it's downfall. ;) I don't think the WEM totally replaces it- I don't think it tries to . It does give you tools to analyze literature in a readable and enjoyable format. I don't think you'd be getting a second class education for choosing WEM to use for your Great Book discussions, if that's any help. In fact, WEM is set up to to help you succeed. They're really different books; hard to do a comparison. Think if I were doing it over, I'd use WEM through high school and have her read HTRAB during her senior year. I wouldnt skip it. But I don't think it's best suited to a 13 or 14 year old. There's an article on HTRAB at Wikipedia- if you read it over, it might give you a better idea of how the two books, WEM and HTRAB, differ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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