Chick lit?!
The man is an ignorant arse.

The supreme Chick Lit author?

Jane Austen.

Melodrama and woman wronged?

Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy

Gossip and social satire just like Eastenders?

Dickens.

Bad language and fart jokes?

Shakespeare or Chaucer - take your pick.



If she's reading, she's reading - regardless of her tastes.

I read Danielle Steel and Stephen King constantly during the first couple of years at senior school...and now I have a column in a magazine and teach people to write...Oh, and I've also taught in Primary schools off and on for over a decade (actually nearer to two decades, but let's glide over that).

He doesn't deserve to be in the powerful position of a teacher if that's his attitude.

Speak to his head of department.

And tell your daughter to keep on reading!
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Thu 21 Aug 2008, 22:32, Reply)