[Poison Pill]

When I was in 10th grade we read “The Jungle”. Not excerpts, the whole (uncensored version) book. Among other things it featured, rape, sexual blackmail, prostitution, human trafficking, heroin addition, passed out drunks being eaten by rats, etc. Now I don't know anything about this Butterfly book, but we should be careful not to infantile 16 year olds and then magically expect then to be mature people when they reach the age of majority two years later.

[Morgana]

we read Julius Caesar, et tu, brute? Then fall, Caesar!

[The Louiswu]

“ When I was in 10th grade we read “The Jungle”.

But where’s the balance?

Life isn’t just drunks getting eaten by rats, whores and drugs, life can be so much better but all I read is that teachers insist on only teaching the dark, harsh side of life, those “let’s get real things” what about something uplifting, morally positive and righteous to offer some perspective to those impressionable teens? If we don’t show our children how life can be, it’s easy to imagine that they won’t feel like they have a real choice in life.

[robowombat]

Wow, I read that in HS and don’t all thi cool stuff