Posted on 06/23/2017 3:49:19 PM PDT by Mechanicos
A teacher at a public high school in Alabama sent his students home with a summer reading list chock full of conservative authors from which to choose, including Ann Coulter, Ronald Reagan, Walter Williams, Thomas Sowell, and libertarian John Stossel. But parents became concerned that it leaned too far right and so now, the kids don’t have to read anything over the summer.
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>> parents became concerned
Book-burning Leftwing dirtbags.
*Sigh*
There’s always a Democrat or two to spoil everything good, even in Alabama.
Seriously??? We saw the thread last night...and I JUST finished reading a Todd Starnes article about this teacher. Your book was mentioned specifically, LS.
Looks like they shut down Mr. Ponder already. Sigh...
I’m not sure I would have prepared a list which included so many pundits, columnists and the like. Why not conservative and free market classics?
It is book-burning, in essence. Would that they could see this!
The Bible as literature for summer reading ought to really incite the parents.
Yeah, the same parents these kids are going to grow up to loathe.
I’m certain it was “parent” singular.
It was a joke of a reading list.
I’m quite sure that if they authors had been some of my favorites, like Henry Hazlitt, Henry Grady Weaver, Frederic Bastiat, and Ludwig von Mises, the dumb parents wouldn’t have even known the difference.
The list is already out there. Pulling does nothing. Maybe a kid or two is curious about what their parents and teachers do not want them to read.
My teenage son is reading “Animal Farm”. “Brave New World” and “1984” are next on the list.
Brilliant work, I might add.
1984 is my all time favorite. It got me into reading as an adult again.
Yea, no summer reading!!! Wonder what else teens without supervision and homework can get into.
Yes, I think I counted five Savage titles. FReeper LS had a book on the list, though, so it wasn’t all crap.
Deep South school boards are as liberal as any big city these days. Education is infested with the vermin of the left.
Summer reading lists are for people who don’t read. I think there were a lot of readers at my school. I certainly read. I always had a book in my back pocket. Usually a lit paperback that my college aged siblings read at college. We had a whole shelf worth. I read them all. AND The War Books My Uncles Passed Over To me... etc... plus our English department was absolutely outstanding. It was great!
I’m certain it was “parent” singular.
This county went 76% Trump. You’re probably right.
This is mid-March. When did this happen?
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