Snap Shots of YOUR Republican Party, 21st Century Style

[icenine]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

Oh no Ice I didn't mean that! Sorry if it seemed that way.

Tom, why not? Same thing :stirrer:

Pete

No offense taken Pete.


I guess what I mean to say is that if Huckleberry Finn is banned in high school it does not bother me. More people will end up reading a banned high school book outside of class anyway.

[d-ray657]

I remember having an African American teacher in junior high. I think it was in social studies. One of my classmates used the term "nigra." The teacher pointed to the part of her anatomy that allowed her leg to bend and had him identify it as a "Knee." Then she asked what a healthy plant does: "grow." From that point forward, everyone in the class understood the correct pronunciation for the word.

Regards,

D-Ray

[piece-itpete]

Ice you know banning books makes you a right wing nutter

Originally Posted by d-ray657

I remember having an African American teacher in junior high. I think it was in social studies. One of my classmates used the term "nigra." The teacher pointed to the part of her anatomy that allowed her leg to bend and had him identify it as a "Knee." Then she asked what a healthy plant does: "grow." From that point forward, everyone in the class understood the correct pronunciation for the word.

Regards,

D-Ray

That is excellent!

Pete

[icenine]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

Ice you know banning books makes you a right wing nutter



That is excellent!

Pete

Not having students reading a certain book in a high school classroom is maybe controversial but a legitmate issue for schools and parents to decide.
I am not saying they should burn the book. If one wants to read Huckleberry Finn just buy it at the store or get it at the library. Or go on Google books for heaven's sake.

I am pretty sure most high schools do not touch Huckleberry Finn with a ten foot pole. I myself did not read it until I took a great books course at Kent State back in the early 80s.


Huck Finn is the first American modern novel....written by an American using our vernacular rather than the stilted English prose others used (like Hawthorne)....when Huck says he will help Jim even if it means he will go to hell for doing so ...that is a great moment in American literature. It is like Thelma and Louise driving their car off the Grand Canyon in that movie.

I was reading Vonnegut during my high school years....I took a high school English class (Science Fiction!) and we read Sirens Of Titan....perhaps today the baggers would not like that one either.

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by icenine

Not having students reading a certain book in a high school classroom is maybe controversial but a legitmate issue for schools and parents to decide.
I am not saying they should burn the book. If one wants to read Huckleberry Finn just buy it at the store or get it at the library. Or go on Google books for heaven's sake.

I am pretty sure most high schools do not touch Huckleberry Finn with a ten foot pole. I myself did not read it until I took a great books course at Kent State back in the early 80s.


Huck Finn is the first American modern novel....written by an American using our vernacular rather than the stilted English prose others used (like Hawthorne)....when Huck says he will help Jim even if it means he will go to hell for doing so ...that is a great moment in American literature. It is like Thelma and Louise driving their car off the Grand Canyon in that movie.

I was reading Vonnegut during my high school years....I took a high school English class (Science Fiction!) and we read Sirens Of Titan....perhaps today the baggers would not like that one either.

I was reading Stereo Review, Audio and at that time, anything to do with WW1 aviation.

[icenine]

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

I was reading Stereo Review, Audio and at that time, anything to do with WW1 aviation.

I used to love reading about the Zeppelins when I was in school.
They all seemed to crash or catch on fire.

[Rex E.]

Originally Posted by icenine

Not having students reading a certain book in a high school classroom is maybe controversial but a legitmate issue for schools and parents to decide.
I am not saying they should burn the book. If one wants to read Huckleberry Finn just buy it at the store or get it at the library. Or go on Google books for heaven's sake.

I am pretty sure most high schools do not touch Huckleberry Finn with a ten foot pole. I myself did not read it until I took a great books course at Kent State back in the early 80s.


Huck Finn is the first American modern novel....written by an American using our vernacular rather than the stilted English prose others used (like Hawthorne)....when Huck says he will help Jim even if it means he will go to hell for doing so ...that is a great moment in American literature. It is like Thelma and Louise driving their car off the Grand Canyon in that movie.

I was reading Vonnegut during my high school years....I took a high school English class (Science Fiction!) and we read Sirens Of Titan....perhaps today the baggers would not like that one either.

As I remember we read both Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn in JR high or middle school depending on where you are from.

[icenine]

Originally Posted by Rex E.

As I remember we read both Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn in JR high or middle school depending on where you are from.

It is much more controversial today than when you or I grew up.

[merrylander]

We also read both Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn in middle school. Choosing texts for English Lit was always a chore because my first five years were in a one room school house and you did not want to repeat last years texts.

Then from sixth to ninth they added a room so it was now a two room school house. The one girl who always made us laugh lived right next door to the schoolhouse - she was always late.

[piece-itpete]

I wonder how many can say now they went to a one room schoolhouse. It must be different!

Pete