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To: C19fan
I was forced to read that book in public school. Don't remember one iota from it. In my opinion a crap book alongside "Catcher in the Rye".

Same here. The characters may not have been gay, but the book was.

7 posted on 10/24/2016 8:36:18 AM PDT by Sans-Culotte (Time to get the US out of the UN and the UN out of the US.)
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To: Sans-Culotte

“The characters may not have been gay, but the book was.”

LOL! Stay gold, man :-).

We were forced to read that drivel in 7th grade (or was it sixth ... I forget). I remember the school playing the movie shortly after we read it. I laughed at the scene where Ralph Macchio died and got hissed at by most of the girls.

I can’t believe part of my “puhblic edumacation” involved reading and writing about that horrible, predictable story! You figure I probably spent about 4 hours of my life reading that book and writing the crap they *suggested* we write.

There used to be a class where you’d read and write about all sorts of different events. It was called history ... of course, that’s been relegated to nothing more than a “several multiple choice + an easy, PC essay” level of class.

Disgusting.


13 posted on 10/24/2016 9:03:33 AM PDT by edh (I need a better tagline)
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