Brave New World banned from High School curriculum
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Brave New World banned from High School curriculum
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#2"the text lacks literary value"
Oh boy... Why not ban Fahrenheit 451 and 1984 while we are at it. And let's burn all copies too.
What kind of spineless school principal is this?
Re: Brave New World banned from High School curriculum
#3"the text lacks literary value" Oh boy... Why not ban Fahrenheit 451 and 1984 while we are at it. And let's burn all copies too. What kind of spineless school principal is this?
People don't know what literary value is - since they read so few books, how could they possible know what it is?
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#4It's not exactly banned, but just removed from their curriculum. It will still be found in the school's library.
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#5Ironically, I'm reading the book now ...
"You can't consume much if you sit still and read books."
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#6Why do I feel like I'm being indirectly trolled? I mean, this woman can't be serious about this, right? Sad. Seriously, seriously sad...
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#7"the text lacks literary value" Oh boy... Why not ban Fahrenheit 451 and 1984 while we are at it. And let's burn all copies too. What kind of spineless school principal is this?
People don't know what literary value is - since they read so few books, how could they possible know what it is?
Aye, the irony here is sickening. And that a single parent who obviously hasn't actually read a book in ages is able to negatively affect an entire school board that easily is sad beyond measure.
Sometimes people are wrong. In fact it happens a lot. Apparently calling someone out for being wrong is as bad as calling someone out for being fat. Can't have controversy!
Huxley is spinning in his grave.
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#8> What Sense-Wilson and her daughter seem to be having trouble grasping is that the "savages" in the book are only called "savages" because the mainstream society which they aren't a part of is so perverted. In reality, Huxley's savages are indeed the heroes…
Indeed. The “savage” reads Shakespeare, which no one else in the book does anymore, for example.
It’s just like people wanting to ban Huck Finn because it uses the word “nigger,” without realizing the friendship between Huck and Jim shows just how silly racism actually is, or how the novel basically satirizes slave ownership by making Huck explicitly contemplate the “immorality” of helping a slave escape.
Re: Brave New World banned from High School curriculum
#9It's not exactly banned, but just removed from their curriculum. It will still be found in the school's library.
Yup, banned is very different from 'removed from reading list'.
Re: Brave New World banned from High School curriculum
#10It's not exactly banned, but just removed from their curriculum. It will still be found in the school's library.
Defacto ban.