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Originally Posted by Boomer
Hey, Mintz,
About Huck and TKAM — those two books have been targeted for decades by groups who have no idea what they are talking about — and most of whom have not even read the books — just grabbing things out of context, lighting those book burning fires, and fanning the flames.
But those book burning fires have always been kept under control — until now. From school boards in local districts to those in positions of overall high power — ignorance is winning.
I could defend Huck and Harper Lee all day, but I don’t have time to type that much and this is not the place to go into all that anyway.
I once attended a defense of Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men. This was in front of a school board who would have the final say. Those who wanted the book banned just keep calling it “The Cuss Book” — that was all they had. Their argument was so pathetic that I actually started feeling embarrassed for them — just a little. All they could do was point to “cuss words.” (The characters in the book are ranch hands, Ranch hands don’t go around saying, “Golly, Gee Willikers.”)
The defense was done by an English teacher who used the book in her American Lit class. She did a respectful, clear defense. The school board voted to keep the book in the curriculum.
That was in the 1980s. Now? Hah! School boards across the country are being stacked with the power-crazy, ill-informed who will not be satisfied until they eviscerate the curriculum and run every last good teacher out…..
In fact, I think that might be the goal. If there are no teachers, kids eventually will be holed up in front of screens, to be instructed by some vacant-eyed puppet person, reading from an approved script. And then “they” could say how much money they had saved the taxpayers. Yep. Just call me Cassandra.
Boomer
PS: About that elementary sex act instruction thing you said, please cite your source. Seriously. I really want to know exactly where that is coming from. As critical thinkers, we must validate sources. I am respectfully asking you to please cite your source.
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Agree with most of your comments.
As to the sex act issue, I too questioned his statement. Do a search, it has happened at a number of school districts. I am not a fan of banning books, but some common sense
needs to take place regarding what is being offered for reading.
Additionally, the rewriting or erasing our history (by state education boards) should be of equal concern.