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| 2012-12-08 |
| Schools in America are to drop classic books such as Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird and JD Salinger's Catcher in the Rye from their curriculum in favour of 'informational texts'. |
| Posted by:linker |
| #11 FYI the Bammer Admin is repor getting ready to "transform" higher learning, etc. in America across-the-board. OWG STARFLEET/SPACE ACADEMY HERE WE COME??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-12-08 21:04 |
| #10 #6 LOL - I gotta remember this one. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-12-08 21:01 |
| #9 It's not even being decided by a lit teacher - some political hack back east will make those decisions for both of you. When he's not making decisions about your healthcare that is. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2012-12-08 16:46 |
| #8 Actually, I think that deciding what my kid should read is my business---and not some lit teacher's. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2012-12-08 14:44 |
| #7 More likely the 'informational text' will be more in the way if 'An Inconvenient Truth', 'My two Mommies', etc... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2012-12-08 12:55 |
| #6 I like to kick back in the evening, in front of the fireplace and read a few chapters from The Compendium of Invasive Plant Species. What kid wouldn't want to read about Swashbucklers, Astronauts or Fiberglass Insulation Standards as it relates to LEEDS certification of commercial high occupancy housing? |
| Posted by: bigjim-CA 2012-12-08 12:12 |
| #5 Do they WANT kids to find reading "undeniably, unquestionably, uncool"? (Points for anyone geek enough to get the reference) |
| Posted by: Korora 2012-12-08 09:43 |
| #4 Probably mainly a way to get taxpayers to buy the crappy BS books and enrich their politicallt-connected writers. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2012-12-08 09:25 |
| #3 Hard enough getting kids to read good, well-written books - should be about impossible to teach from crappy BS books. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2012-12-08 09:24 |
| #2 Informational Texts == Leftist Propaganda |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2012-12-08 09:17 |
| #1 Obviously Bill and Melinda know best. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2012-12-08 06:37 |