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Posted on 04/10/2005 6:42:44 PM PDT by Texasbock
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To: LauraleeBraswell
It is not something I would want my 6th grader being forced to read - a 12 year old does not need to be reading the joy of losing your virginity...
To: Texasbock
I read the book in 6th or 7th grade. I would prefer my children did not read it. (there are many things I read and saw that I am strict about) BUT, I will be the one to control that for my own children.
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posted on
04/10/2005 9:09:39 PM PDT
by
HungarianGypsy
(Walk Softly, For a Dream is Born)
To: Vn_survivor_67-68
errr...so what happens when another taxpayer needs a book without inked out passages?
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posted on
04/10/2005 9:11:11 PM PDT
by
Gava
To: duck duck goose
Are you kidding me?? Next thing you know they will get rid of "Are you there God its me Margeret?".I hope not! I read that book about 20 years ago to make sure it was appropriate for my middle school daughter. I thought it was a great book and so did my daughter. We both recommended to several people.
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posted on
04/10/2005 9:12:46 PM PDT
by
jamaly
To: Mercat
Was she the one who wrote, "eat it or wear it." My kids still say that.
I once read a post where a mother thought that scene from that book was an unacceptable way to portray a parent. I loved the book as a kid and so do my kids.
Anither I really like is Syarring Sally J. Freedman, as Herself
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posted on
04/10/2005 9:13:20 PM PDT
by
HungarianGypsy
(Walk Softly, For a Dream is Born)
To: Mercat
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posted on
04/10/2005 9:14:14 PM PDT
by
Ciexyz
(Let us always remember, the Lord is in control.)
To: Texasbock
Hmmm, apparently Harper Lee, Ray Bradbury and Ayn Rand have gone out of favor with today's youth. A Pity.
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posted on
04/10/2005 9:28:40 PM PDT
by
Liberty Valance
(Let the Constitution do the talkin')
To: Texasbock
The book is trash and should be removed. Period.
Ping to self for later pingout.
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posted on
04/10/2005 9:32:07 PM PDT
by
little jeremiah
(Resisting evil is our duty or we are as responsible as those promoting it.)
To: Cicero
Ah yes...at this rate 4 year girls will be 5 feet tall on average, well past their periods, and interested in cell phones and high heels (good god what fiendish inventions).
It may be hardpressed to say that the actual "growth" in the mind (being that the subject here is books) can ever be growth in the wrong way. It would seem that a tree only grows incorrectly when its growth is obstructed or its auxin is deterred. In much the same way is the mind, which can only obstruct itself. Our attraction to mindless folly and meaningless entertainment can deter us from our true virtues. However, every new branch is strong and many branches are needed to gather the light, even the small, bent ones. If we never stop learning, we will never have to rely on faulty learning. We can choose to unlearn if necessary.
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posted on
04/10/2005 9:37:29 PM PDT
by
Gava
To: Texasbock
Proverbs 9:13-18
13A foolish woman is clamorous;
She is simple, and knows nothing.
14For she sits at the door of her house,
On a seat by the highest places of the city,
15To call to those who pass by,
Who go straight on their way:
16"Whoever is simple, let him turn in here";
And as for him who lacks understanding, she says to him,
17"Stolen water is sweet,
And bread eaten in secret is pleasant."
18But he does not know that the dead are there,
That her guests are in the depths of hell.
To: politicket
Read Fahrenheit 451 and then return.
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posted on
04/10/2005 9:42:02 PM PDT
by
Gava
To: Gava
Read Fahrenheit 451 and then return.
Why don't you read the book of Proverbs and then return?
To: Texasbock
Maybe they should pull the plug on the internet next.
Not a bad idea now that they got everyone hooked on using it. Lots of sexual predators use the net.
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posted on
04/10/2005 9:45:57 PM PDT
by
John Lenin
(You have to be a loser to keep on losing in new ways)
To: duck duck goose
When i read "ackward" it veritably stuned my beeber.
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posted on
04/10/2005 10:29:17 PM PDT
by
Erasmus
(Sled dogs and Englishmen go out in the midnight sun.)
To: LauraleeBraswell
Ban those books. Keep your young teens innocent and pure. The perps, scumbags, pimps and predators will love ya for it.
At some point in time ya gotta prepare your kids for the real world. If not they become easy targets for the bad people.
How about letting your kids go so movies that are targeted at their age group where the actors are in their thirties playing the part of 16 - 18 yr old high scholl kids where anything goes. Yhe movie "Porkeys" comes to mind.
If you think kids don´t know about sex listen to them sometime it will shock ya.
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posted on
04/10/2005 11:12:19 PM PDT
by
Americanexpat
(A strong democracy through citizen oversight.)
To: Jeff Head
That's pretty simple. It's representative government. They are not violating any rights, first or any others. Anyone who wants the book can buy it and read it to their children...but they do not have the right to make it a part of everyone's currculumn if they object to it. One more time, I'm not saying that anyone's rights are being violated, so there is no need to repeat "They are not violating any rights" over and over. That is not in dispute. The district is within its rights.
That's not myopic, that's common decency and respect for the views and rights of others and their children. If you can't communicate "don't: without going into graphic detail on a matter such as this, then perhaps a different swriting style for this age group is in order, that's just my opinion.
I disagree on the common decency bit. What's going on here is that some are so reactionary that they cannot see that Blume is actually espousing the same values. It's comical in a Monty Python sort of way. You can almost see Cleese as the stiff bureacrat who can't see what's right beneath his nose. It boils down to the "You have the right to be as stupid as you please" axiom.
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posted on
04/11/2005 6:21:09 AM PDT
by
Melas
To: Americanexpat
Were the actors in Porky's reall that old?
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posted on
04/11/2005 6:22:14 AM PDT
by
Melas
To: Americanexpat
At some point in time ya gotta prepare your kids for the real world. If not they become easy targets for the bad people. Studies show the exact opposite. Exposing kids to bad stuff early does not train them how to handle it.
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posted on
04/11/2005 6:26:19 AM PDT
by
AppyPappy
(If You're Not A Part Of The Solution, There's Good Money To Be Made In Prolonging The Problem.)
To: politicket
The book is trash and should be removed. Period. If there was ever a need for the freshman writing lecture, "Don't say it, show it." this is it. It's easy enough to say that the book is trashed and and should be removed, but can you support your aruement via logic, evidence and exposition in a post?
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posted on
04/11/2005 6:27:59 AM PDT
by
Melas
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