How about the Japanese people?? They are much more innovative than Americans esp in the telecommunications and car industry, right ?? :unsure:
I know in their curriculum, English-A is not a part of it too!
I know in my part of the world, English-A is taught just not called the same as you guys call it. Then in college, depends on one's line of study is when a more in-depth study of English is reiterated in their curriculum!
You can't be more innovative than the people who actually invented cars and telecommunications. So much easier to take an idea and make it better than to actually "innovate". What's the last thing the Japanese actually invented?
I think the reason people look for hidden meanings in stories is because a lot of the great authors had hidden meanings in their works. They almost always reflected the times that they wrote in. Its human nature to do so.