My 11th grade grandson reading "The Great Gatsby" now. (Reply #11)

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11. My 11th grade grandson reading "The Great Gatsby" now.

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An odd and controversial book that our daughter has to read for 11th grade English... [View all]	madinmaryland	Nov 2013	OP
That shouldn't really be allowed	el_bryanto	Nov 2013	#1
Better yet, there should be a World Religion requirement in HS, to discuss at a minimum the major	madinmaryland	Nov 2013	#3
I took World Religions as an elective and enjoyed it very much	Hekate	Nov 2013	#10
I also took it in College and it was very interesting. nt	madinmaryland	Nov 2013	#22
When I finally returned to grad school in midlife	Hekate	Nov 2013	#70
Not cool. It's one thing if they're covering something like "Paradise Lost", but this just sounds	winter is coming	Nov 2013	#2
They had to read the Crucible which discussed the religious attitudes	madinmaryland	Nov 2013	#6
That makes sense. This latest crap doesn't. n/t	winter is coming	Nov 2013	#7
We had a great Bible Lit class in my HS	dballance	Nov 2013	#4
That sounds good, because it is actually incredibly influential and oft-quoted	Hekate	Nov 2013	#12
That is how we got it when I was in tenth grade...	WCGreen	Nov 2013	#27
Squawk LOUDLY--and call the ACLU! (I sure would!) nt	tblue37	Nov 2013	#5
Fight faith with faith if your daughter is so inclined.	Are_grits_groceries	Nov 2013	#8
When I took English Lit in high school	xmas74	Nov 2013	#9
As I commented upthread, I would have loved to taken a World Religion course in HS,	madinmaryland	Nov 2013	#18
We had a drive-by of world religions in world history.	xmas74	Nov 2013	#21
What's amazing to me is that my daughter took a World Religion class in her high school.	ScreamingMeemie	Nov 2013	#64
I actually took the course in College. It was at a protestant supported university...	madinmaryland	Nov 2013	#67
My 11th grade grandson reading "The Great Gatsby" now.	northoftheborder	Nov 2013	#11
all the great literature they could be reading ...	surrealAmerican	Nov 2013	#13
yep	d_r	Nov 2013	#43
You are so right	exboyfil	Nov 2013	#73
What type of English class is this?	Neurotica	Nov 2013	#14
It is not an AP class.	madinmaryland	Nov 2013	#15
You have to decide whether or not you want to rock the boat	Neurotica	Nov 2013	#48
Is this a self-help book?	gollygee	Nov 2013	#16
Whatever happened to The Red Badge of Courage and	BainsBane	Nov 2013	#17
TKAM is often earlier in the curriculum.	Igel	Nov 2013	#26
I read both in middle school.	Chan790	Nov 2013	#29
My son read "...Mockingbird" last year (9th grade). This year, it's "Of Mice and Men" in 10th Gr.	ScreamingMeemie	Nov 2013	#66
I'm sorry,	Le Taz Hot	Nov 2013	#79
Yeah, I found it pretty boring too	BainsBane	Nov 2013	#80
This smells of Common Core	cali	Nov 2013	#19
What is common core?	madinmaryland	Nov 2013	#23
Newest thing	MissB	Nov 2013	#33
It's the latest educational gravy train	roody	Nov 2013	#63
That was my first thought too.	MissB	Nov 2013	#28
I was going to say the absolute opposite:	frazzled	Nov 2013	#51
We learned the St. Martins Handbook for punctuation and citation	Drahthaardogs	Nov 2013	#69
I don't think common core requires	roody	Nov 2013	#61
I usually teach excerpts from Matthew and Genesis or Exodus	Nevernose	Nov 2013	#20
"If the students were able to clearly tell the teacher's own views..."	Chan790	Nov 2013	#46
It could have been worse.	rug	Nov 2013	#24
Raise holy hell "pun intended"	MattBaggins	Nov 2013	#25
Don't have enough info.	Igel	Nov 2013	#30
As an English teacher, I have a few questions.	knitter4democracy	Nov 2013	#31
Hi knitter. To answer your questions, as best as I can...	madinmaryland	Nov 2013	#34
Yeah, it's time to suit up.	knitter4democracy	Nov 2013	#82
Is she in public school or charter school or other private school? Just curious. nt	valerief	Nov 2013	#32
Public school in Ohio	madinmaryland	Nov 2013	#35
Wow. That's terrible. Charter schools are terrible anyway, so I thought it might be that.	valerief	Nov 2013	#37
What is really interesting, as an aside, is that the band did a video remembrance of JFK at	madinmaryland	Nov 2013	#41
Probably because FOX News has told them he was really a Republican. nt	ProudToBeBlueInRhody	Nov 2013	#53
My daughter is an English teacher in a charter school	RebelOne	Nov 2013	#62
I would talk to the principal and if you don't get satisfaction, the school board.	yurbud	Nov 2013	#38
That will be on our to-do list, assuming we get approval from our daughter.	madinmaryland	Nov 2013	#45
Pilgrim's Progress, or even The Screwtape Letters are works I can see being read in a lit class, but	LanternWaste	Nov 2013	#36
you read my mind	yurbud	Nov 2013	#39
I have no idea why the book was assigned.	madinmaryland	Nov 2013	#44
Something does not compute	hardcover	Nov 2013	#49
Sold by: HarperCollins Christian Publishing	TeamPooka	Nov 2013	#40
Thanks...	madinmaryland	Nov 2013	#42
hmm? interesting!	gopiscrap	Nov 2013	#47
I suspect the book is The Traveler's Gift ...	DreamGypsy	Nov 2013	#50
Yes it is. I edited my OP a few minutes ago.	madinmaryland	Nov 2013	#52
My 11th grade class analyzed "A Catcher in the Rye". nt	bluestate10	Nov 2013	#54
I think we had to read that in 10th grade (late 1970's). nt	madinmaryland	Nov 2013	#55
I would investigate who determines the books used for teaching & whether that is a county-wide	okaawhatever	Nov 2013	#56
I went to Catholic school and we never read any	Cleita	Nov 2013	#57
That seems to be the universal Catholic School experience	etherealtruth	Nov 2013	#59
We had the religion class, which was also our home room hour.	Cleita	Nov 2013	#68
The nice thing about religion class is that it can be seriously helpful in English class	OmahaBlueDog	Nov 2013	#85
Contact the ACLU maybe? nt	Demo_Chris	Nov 2013	#58
Wow. That book should not have passed dept approval, seriously. Not to mention it sounds PUERILE.	WinkyDink	Nov 2013	#60
Has anyone who is up in arms	Ms. Toad	Nov 2013	#65
True, but it definitely is a bit fishy.	knitter4democracy	Nov 2013	#83
Looked it up on Amazon- great reviews and doesn't seem overly religious.	Nye Bevan	Nov 2013	#71
my 11th grade teacher read us the rare, hard to find vonnegut story "the big space fuck"	dionysus	Nov 2013	#72
That's in "Welcome to the Monkey House", is it not?	OmahaBlueDog	Nov 2013	#86
no idea frankly it seemed rare to me ;)	dionysus	Nov 2013	#87
I'm wrong - it's in "Palm Sunday"	OmahaBlueDog	Nov 2013	#88
Why not write a letter of complaint to the principal, school board and PTSA.The National Council of	ancianita	Nov 2013	#74
Really?	Ms. Toad	Nov 2013	#75
This is English, not science. But technically, yes; that's what other states' curriculum fights are	ancianita	Nov 2013	#76
You seriously misunderstand the law.	Ms. Toad	Nov 2013	#77
You seriously misunderstand me.I'm NOT saying that states canNOT tell teachers WHAT to teach.	ancianita	Nov 2013	#78
I've read it a number of times	Ms. Toad	Nov 2013	#81
Write the teacher, and cc: the Principal and say:	OmahaBlueDog	Nov 2013	#84
Is it the only Christian leaning book in the syllabus?	Boom Sound 416	Nov 2013	#89

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