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Before the internet, Cliff Notes were popular books that summarized and provided insight into meaning for classical literature. Students used them in place of reading the actual book.

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Some teachers would take the cliff notes for a book their classes reading, and make sure none of their questions were mentioned or relevant to the cliff notes themselves. So you could have real bangers of tests that ask weird ass questions that no reasonable person would remember from the book. What color was the dance card given to the main protagonist and The Great Gatsby dance scene?

So you end up with tests that are just trivia, and don't talk about any thematic issues, or generally recognize themes or takeaways. Crazy times

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Now you've got teachers and students fighting over whether or not their paper was written by AI, so students need to jump through hoops trying to prove (or convincingly lie) that they didn't use AI to write. Which can mean writing in weird ways that don't 'feel' like AI.

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Cliff’s Notes*

Psh this guy must’ve cheated so much he never learned how to properly attribute! Give Cliff the respect and credit he deserves!

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I vividly remember getting the cliff notes for "Of Mice and Men", realizing it was nearly as long as the actual book, and begrudgingly hammering through the book the night before the test.

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In Poland, we still do read this type of things instead of the actual book, because it's better at preparing you for the exams

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I completely missed that on the table until you pointed out, and was highly confused as to what he actually did

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I absolutely hate this boring dystopia, but emerging dialects due to a need for humans to sound distinct from bots is probably the coolest idea to come out of it so far. It has great parallels with the American vs. British accent situation too.

Farid

The only reason I know the contents of most classic literature is because of "So You Haven't Read" series on YouTube.

DominusOfMegadeus

So what color was it?

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Just have people write in class...

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Me with Thug Notes. I wish I had discovered it during highschool

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I don't get it

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Even now, I remember much more about those books where along with which I read the Cliffs Notes, than whatever halfbrained notions I came up with on my own about books like Animal Farm.

Kind of confusing to read, but I hope you get the gist.

mosiacmango

Steinbeck had a knack for saying a lot with a little. "The pearl" is another of his works that is also incredibly short but you could easily discuss it well past its length.

I highly recommend the "grapes of wrath" to anyone who hasn't read it as well. Its account of the brutal knock on effects of the dust bowl and the nature of human kindness and sadism left a mark on my life that never left.

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The Cliff Notes

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Link to the direct comic in case you want to share with easier credit: https://pbfcomics.com/comics/hard-read/

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My biggest problem with Thug Notes is all the people taking the Thug part seriously.

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I just kept thinking that it was supposed to be condoms for some reason lol.