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Originally Posted by Aces4
Lol, I was never assigned that for homework and I don’t remember any kids checking out the Bible.
Would someone explain to me why it’s wrong to wait until a child reaches adulthood and reads these books. Is reading the books at a young age better for indoctrination?
I am a voracious reader but most of the reading has been through adulthood. Again, why the push to target children?
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Some of us got past the Dick and Jane books and were on to bigger and better things. School libraries, that I knew of, never had ONLY required reading in them. We were allowed to select any book we wanted, there was no section we weren't "allowed" to check. If I, in 3rd grade, wanted to read Catcher in the Rye, I could check the book out. if I, in 7th grade, wanted to return to Dick and Jane, I could. If I was reading Catcher in the Rye in 3rd grade and didn't understand a concept I'd ask my parents. And they would explain.
Of course, that would require that the parents be directly involved in the upbringing of their own children.