Elementary school teachers would read to their classes in the 80s. They always picked books like that Shel Silvertein shit whose message appealed more to adults

Elementary school teachers would read to their classes in the 80s. They always picked books like that Shel Silvertein shit whose message appealed more to adults than children. I remember being bored into fits of rage and thinking "This is making me dumber. I want to go outside."