[GrandJediMasterYoda]

I went to school from the 60s to the mid 70s, well before the Communist manifesto, Das Kapital an gay pornography became required reading for school children, and Flowers for Algernon was one of the books we use to read. I loved that book. Call of the wild was another. We even use to even say the Pledge of Allegiance before class if you believe it. This was well before it was replaced by "Ode to the Socialist Motherland" or "Obama, he's going to change it"

[Borges]

‘Flowers for Algernon’ is actually one of the most frequently challenged books on school reading lists.

[Borges]

‘Flowers for Algernon’ is actually one of the most frequently challenged books on school reading lists.

[A_perfect_lady]

You’ll be happy to know that Flowers for Algernon is still in the 8th grade Literature book that LAUSD uses, and I teach it often. I also have the movie, and many of my students are very struck by it whenever we cover it. I sometimes follow it up with Forrest Gump.