I agree-- DD has now read Romeo and Juliet three times, and each time, she sees it from a new perspective. Her first two readings are singular in that she couldn't really identify with the romantic feelings of either title character, but saw all of their behavior with a rather harsh rationality that didn't tally well with classmates as a 9th grader (well, she was only ten, so...)

She only now (at nearly 15) reads it anything like "expected" but still not really because it's just so darned familiar to her at this point.

She enjoys re-reading, but usually her first pass is the one that most resembles what formal education wants her to get out of a reading selection.


Schrödinger's cat walks into a bar. And doesn't.