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abookreader · 01-06-2011, 02:43 PM

@Garp. And I agree those are all valid battles that teachers face. The Literature Instructor at the local High School can't include Huck Finn in the syllabus without bringing down the wrath of 23 different parents on her head. So she thinks that if she caves a little on this, she will at least be able to bring most of the book to her students. I understand why a Teacher would want to do that.

What burns me though is that more/most of our society is not willing to stand up to the 23 parents who insist that the book as it was written must be kept out of the hands of all kids to begin with.

This just gets to me. I grew up in an environment where we were taught that books were removed and censored and history was re-written in order to control the knowledge and thoughts of the populace. This just strikes me as wrong.wrong.wrong.

01-06-2011, 02:43 PM	#69
abookreader Wizard Posts: 1,516 Karma: 2567610 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: Kindles - Keyboard, Fire, 2-US, iPhone, iPAD	@Garp. And I agree those are all valid battles that teachers face. The Literature Instructor at the local High School can't include Huck Finn in the syllabus without bringing down the wrath of 23 different parents on her head. So she thinks that if she caves a little on this, she will at least be able to bring most of the book to her students. I understand why a Teacher would want to do that. What burns me though is that more/most of our society is not willing to stand up to the 23 parents who insist that the book as it was written must be kept out of the hands of all kids to begin with. This just gets to me. I grew up in an environment where we were taught that books were removed and censored and history was re-written in order to control the knowledge and thoughts of the populace. This just strikes me as wrong.wrong.wrong. Last edited by abookreader; 01-06-2011 at 03:09 PM.