Reflecting upon Sipe's The Idea of a Classic

I walk away from this article contemplating choice and criteria. It seems that that was the concluding message of Sipe, that we need to recognize that choice by teachers and librarians is a sticky subject because it isn't as though we are choosing these books for our personal reading, but for our students. What are these choices based on? The beliefs, agendas, and interests of teachers or of the student? I think this opens up the idea that really teaching students to critically read and prepare to read texts is an empowering lesson. Choice and development of criteria that incorporates ones backgrounds, beliefs, and experiences, while still requiring accountability or justification of choices seems to be a classroom practice I would seek to implement, after reading Sipe's work.