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deadparrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 12:23 AM Original message |
Teacher put on leave after book complaint (Cormac McCarthy's Child of God) |
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PittPoliSci (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 12:27 AM Response to Original message |
1. most parents support the teacher? |
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liberalhistorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 12:36 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I think in this case, even parents who normally |
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qnr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 01:52 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. I hate to be cynical, but I wonder how many of these Texans are supporting him because |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 04:56 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. You got it. If he were not a coach, the parents wouldn't care. |
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booksenkatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 08:55 AM Response to Reply #6 |
13. As the daughter and sister of Texas high school football coaches... |
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liberalhistorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 11:25 AM Response to Reply #6 |
17. That's an excellent point. Unfortunately, |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 09:05 AM Response to Reply #1 |
15. they are supporting a football coach . . |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 03:40 PM Response to Reply #15 |
27. a coach who almost certainly has not read the book in question |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 04:42 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. I would tend to agree, considering some experience with football coaches in my past |
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trixie (696 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 12:38 AM Response to Original message |
3. Here is where parental involvement is necessary |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 01:13 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. It can be difficult to be "in on" everything |
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liberalhistorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 11:23 AM Response to Reply #4 |
16. So, you felt you had the right to decide for |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 12:55 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. No. I felt I had the right to critcize a book selection on a reading list |
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liberalhistorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 01:31 PM Original message |
I believe I, as the parent, have the right to decide |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
21. Please. No one is making any decisions for you. |
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liberalhistorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 01:31 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Dupe post |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 01:20 AM Response to Original message |
5. One parent complains and a whole policy has to be changed |
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sasquatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 02:33 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. You'd be surprised how many administrators piss down their legs at one complaint |
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heliarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 02:46 AM Response to Original message |
8. Obviously, there are problems with... |
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ironrooster (273 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 03:02 PM Response to Reply #8 |
24. I love Cormac, but this is different |
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Bicoastal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 03:13 AM Response to Original message |
9. Any parent who thinks their children aren't ready for dark subject matter in High School... |
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liberalhistorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 01:33 PM Response to Reply #9 |
20. Either that, or they want to keep them |
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kimmylavin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 05:56 AM Response to Original message |
11. Why just him? |
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litlady (360 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 07:20 AM Response to Original message |
12. Censorship... |
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skip fox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 09:03 AM Response to Original message |
14. The student CHOSE the text. It was not manditory. |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
22. Yes children, read the bible instead |
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ironrooster (273 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
23. has anybody read this? |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 03:03 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. I've read one or two McCarthys |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 03:52 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. violence gets a "pass" because a novel is about conflict, thus, death |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 04:42 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Well, there's death and there's death |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 04:46 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. yeah, "apocalypse porn" is a good description of "the road" |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 01:13 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. As unrelentingly bleak as it was... |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
26. I grew up with very liberal reading habits... |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
28. Congratulations Mr. McCarthy. |
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