A must read article by Donna Garner! If the present generation is not at all literate about the Bible, Classic literature itself will be very difficult to understand. Fact is, the Classics allude to quite a bit of Biblical information that will be totally lost on this generation. As all Classic literature is decimated by the Common Core State Standards, education no longer serves “life long learners”, in the best sense of the term, but instead serves the corporate workforce collective.