[bondjamesbond]

Now, I like oranges as much as the next guy, but I never saw the connection...

[bondjamesbond]

Needless to say, any parent who puts a child in public school deserves whatever they get. The children probably don't, though...

[bondjamesbond]

"You Hear Me?" was suggested for sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders by the Columbia University Teachers College's Reading and Writing Project because it is the only anthology with poems written by minority teenagers, said Lucy Calkins, its founding director.

Race Politics trumps everything, as usual.

[derllak]

Gives you something to think about, doesn't it? Lol!

[dfwgator]

What's next having the poems of Tyrone Green in the classroom?

All alone on a summers night,
kill my landlord, kill my landlord.

Watch dog barking do he bite?
Kill my landlord, kill my landlord.

Slip in his window, break his neck,
Then his house I start to wreck,

Got no reason, what da heck?

Kill my landlord, kill my landlord.
C-I-L-L my landlord.

[Just another Joe]

Now, I like oranges as much as the next guy, but I never saw the connection...

What's not to see?
They're juicy, good to eat, they satisfy an inner hunger, they have a navel, I mean, c'mon.

There's more connections there than a box of tinker toys.

[eeriegeno]

Principal Carmen Parache said she had not reviewed the books until she received complaints but said they were "definitely inappropriate." She said classroom materials would be more carefully screened in the future.

Uh, Ms Principal, who did screen the books prior to being added to an elementary library? IMHO, that person should be charged with 'corruption of the morals of minors'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Gaffer]

Quee-n-rs, New York....there, that's fixed now.

[Texas_shutterbug]

Library associations that give accolades to these types of books and librarians who put them in the school libraries are some of the most liberal people in America. I always wondered if you had to pass a "liberal" test to become a librarian!

[Thrownatbirth]

Henry Miller is a much better read for sixth-graders.

[wideawake]

My mother is a school librarian in Queens.

The librarians generally get to choose which books they have in the library - there are broad guidelines (there has to be a certain percentage of science, history, literature, etc.).

The presence of these titles can be blamed entirely on the librarian.

The principal operates on the assumption that the librarian is a licensed professional who takes his job seriously - that there is no need to examine every book the librarian purchases or keeps in the library.

[kalee]

"suggested for sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders by the Columbia University Teachers College's Reading and Writing Project"



Hmmm, so the "experts" recommended these books. Why am I not surprised?

[Antoninus]

Books like this would have lasted all of 30 second in my grade-school library before they were defaced or thrown casually in the toilet--where they belong.

[r9etb]

The poem "I Hate School" in a book called "You Hear Me?" includes the rhyme, "F--- this s---, up the a--. I don't think I'll ever pass."

That there's art. Real good stuff. I am outraged.

[L98Fiero]

"because it is the only anthology with poems written by minority teenagers, said Lucy Calkins, its founding director."

Poems? Right. Sure.

[nothingnew]

"It's a tricky balance to walk so we are putting books in their hands that they'll want to read," said Calkins, who had not seen the language in the book.

hahahaha!!!! She recommends books she never read! Hahahahaha!!!!!

WTF?

FMCDH(BITS)

[Neoliberalnot]

If you can't market sexual deviance to kids how can the homosexuals enhance their opportunities to molest? This is merely about preparing kids for easy access by the loving homosexual community. Disgusting sarc.

[little jeremiah]

Later pingout.

[Sybeck1]

The Jim Webb book club?

[Luis Gonzalez]

"Now, I like oranges as much as the next guy, but I never saw the connection..."

I was going to say...

[MosesKnows]

I like oranges as much as the next guy, but I never saw the connection...

I agree; now a taco would be a different story.