[Mrs. Don-o]

This is cultural vandalism, educational malpractice and -- as I see it --- psychological child abuse. It's not far from what Paul Goodman had in mind when he wrote "Growing Up Absurd," (1962) although it's actually much worse now, 50 years later.

It's Reason #8979458548 to Home School, no matter what the sacrifices.

You wouldn't trust these brain-deadeners with your car keys, your checkbook or your Online Banking password, would you? Why on God's green earth would you trust them with something imcomparably more precious: the mind of your child?

[donna]

“Catcher in the Rye” was always a liberal propaganda book:

Why Academics Love “Catcher in the Rye”
8/1/2010

The American left requires adolescents read J.D. Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye because they want young Americans to become false prophets of doom. They are sowing the seeds for the next generation of Paul Ehrlich’s and Al Gore’s.

http://www.humanevents.com/2010/08/01/why-academics-love-catcher-in-the-rye/