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Originally Posted by anamardoll
Haha, Queentess, I figured that was it.
As for why it was "never going to be taught", I have to think it's just plain not old enough or "classic" enough to make the cut on the standardized tests that are oh-so-important these days. Certainly I was never taught Vonnegut in high school; was anyone else in this thread? But, yeah, removing it from the library entirely is a bad move.
Twenty Boy Summer. Heh.  |
I had Dickens and Shakespeare shoved at me in high school. (Rather enjoy Shakespeare. Dickens bored me.) We did get to read Brave New World though, so that was awesome.
I can't help thinking of the movie Footloose...
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Mr. Gurntz: He was trying to teach that book.
Mrs. Allyson: Slaughterhouse-Five, isn't that an awful name?
Ren: Yeah it's a classic... Slaughterhouse-Five, it's a classic.
Mr. Gurntz: Tom Sawyer is a classic! Do you read much?
Mrs. Allyson: Maybe in another town it's a classic.
Ren: In *any* town.
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