Monthly Archives: October 2020

Classics Curriculum Of English Class Updated To Include All Wattpad Fanfics Opted For Film

In the wake of Wattpad fanfictions like The Kissing Booth and After becoming blockbuster teen movie franchises, one English teacher is leading the charge to get these works of literature where they belong: on the “Classics” section of her syllabus.  Keri Schroeder, an Evanston-area high school teacher, first heard of Wattpad in 2019 when some drama students in her classroom “wouldn’t shut up” about how hot the Harry Styles fanfic they were reading was.  “At first I was beleaguered, bemoaned, distraught, and in a

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