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[Sina]

�I don�t see why they give us this old-fashioned junk by Milton and Shakespeare and Wordsworth and all these has-beens,� he protested. �Oh, I guess I could stand it to see a show by Shakespeare, if they had swell scenery and put on a lot of dog, but to sit down in cold blood and read �em� These teachers�how do they get that way?�

And that means? Does he wonder why teachers can read the "junk" as he doesn't like it at all??

[bud]

Yes, except I'd change "read" to "assign" in your answer.