Ha! I think it's more some kids are into Poe and some just aren't. I'm pretty sure I'm a good bit older than you are? but I remember a time from high school, when some of the middle school kids for some reason started building a wall with those cardboard bricks, across the hallway of the science building. I stood behind it and hollered, "For the love of God, Montrésor!" The only person who got it was one of the teachers.
(A science teacher too, not an English teacher.)
Speed comes from what you put behind you. - Judi Ketteler