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Mike 03

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5. When I was a junior in high school at one point during the year our teacher said,

Reply to yortsed snacilbuper (Original post)

Wed Apr 29, 2020, 04:58 PM

Apr 2020

"Now, read whatever you want but you have to write a paper about it" so I read The World According to Garp, which I know for a fact the Alaska school board would not have approved. But the point is I could have read The Exorcist if I'd wanted to, or Naked Lunch. She just wanted us to fall in love with reading. I hope some schools still teach that way.

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Alaska school removes 'The Great Gatsby' from curriculum for 'controversial' content [View all] yortsed snacilbuper Apr 2020 OP

But Atlas Shrugged is still on the list, right? gratuitous Apr 2020 #1

No kidding JDC Apr 2020 #10

When I was a teen the banned virgogal Apr 2020 #2

Me too. Mariana Apr 2020 #15

The Invisible Man by Ellison?! Solomon Apr 2020 #3

They are against Horror Film books JDC Apr 2020 #11

I recently re-read Gatsby and realized what I'd missed the high-school time-- dawg day Apr 2020 #4

A professor once told me that the key NameAlreadyTaken Apr 2020 #8

When I was a junior in high school at one point during the year our teacher said, Mike 03 Apr 2020 #5

"A Christmas Carol" too bronxiteforever Apr 2020 #6

When I was young the hush-hush book was LakeArenal Apr 2020 #7

Yep. But I still can't figure out why. Solomon Apr 2020 #9

There was nothing over my head in Peyton Place kskiska Apr 2020 #13

This is the list of books Mayor Sarah Palin tried to have banned. yortsed snacilbuper Apr 2020 #12

Funny, but Lolita is not on the list. kskiska Apr 2020 #14

I guess that if being objectionable is the criteria Alaska will also ban Faux Snooze and any abqtommy Apr 2020 #16