Rediscovering Humanity in Text: A Journey from Method to Spirit

Man is abolished. Math and statistics reign supreme in every aspect of learning and life in general.

I often wondered back in school why so many of the books our literature teacher picked were so boring, except maybe the Russian folk tales we read in the 4th grade. I asked other kids from other schools, and they confirmed my feelings, “Can anything be interesting in school?”

Every time I shared in class something that touched me in a book, the teacher w…