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Teaching material > I couldn ´t believe what I saw and read.....
I couldn ´t believe what I saw and read.....
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PhilipR
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After having read the first 45 pages of the book, I now know for a fact that the allegations are absolutely ridiculous and yet another attempt from the religious right to censure everything they don �t like.
Kids through a lot more in real life, and this book just seem to relate in a humorous way how difficult life of a youngster can be. I bet this is exactly the kind of books that makes people want to read. IMHO, it �s just a more mature and risque version of Diary of a Wimpy Kid.
Life is not a bed of roses, and BTW, the world was not created 10,000 years ago.
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7 Oct 2009
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verybouncyperson
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I agree with Dorland, the things which young people can see on the Internet and in films is just as explicit as what they can read in a book.
Saying that though, it probably was an error by the teacher in question to give a copy of the book to a student - just because it �s something which they have access to, it doesn �t mean that we need to bring it into the classroom. I �m always very careful when using songs in the classroom, and avoid lyrics with swearwords, although I have no doubt that it �s what my students listen to on their MP3s all the time.
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7 Oct 2009
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Zora
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Actually, before any more people start talking about how the book was a misjudgement on the teachers part... take a look at what books are "banned" in some US schools.
1. Huckleberry Finn
2. Catcher in the Rye
3. To Kill a Mockingbird
4. Bridge to to Terabithia!!
5. The Lord of the Flies
6. Of Mice and Men
7. The Colour Purple
8. Harry Potter series!!!
9. Slaughterhouse Five
10. The Bluest Eye
http://712educators.about.com/od/bannedbooks/tp/banned_books.htm
Still think that the teacher was wrong?
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7 Oct 2009
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