Posted on 01/27/2009 7:26:36 AM PST by big black dog
Fixed it for ya. ;)
I’ve never met, nor heard of a ‘Conservative English teacher’.
Have you?
The ignorance of teachers, when exposed as this teacher's ignorance is exposed, is tragic.
The history of the events addressed by the literature the teacher opposes is why Barack Hussein Obama's election is notable. If the events addressed by the literature had not occurred what would be so special about the 2009 election?
***and novels that use the ‘N-word’ repeatedly need to go,” ***
So I must destroy my copy of the works of H P Lovecraft (The Rats in the Walls) and the south sea tales of John Russel (The Lost God) and my treasure tales of J.Frank Dobie (Coronado’s Children, Apache Gold and Yaqui Silver).
Like hell I will!
I was not a very good English student when I was in high school (early 60s). I just didn't care for anything that couldn't be reduced to a formula like F=ma. But during my junior year, I recognized that one of our English teachers (we had two that shared the class) was an extraordinary teacher. She had us reading a million things. I still have my blue looseleaf notebook with all the mimeos she handed out.
About 20 years ago I thought to look her up; and found her with my first phone call. She said she remembered me, which I still find hard to believe. Anyway after several more years we eventually got together for dinner. I had changed from that uninterested highschooler to an interested adult; and then we were nearly contemporaries discussing not only literature, but horses, opera, and other common interests. It was a great evening. (I almost got her to come to my 30th anniversary class reunion, but she must have been so intrigued by what had become of some of her students, that she attended the reunion of the class ahead of mine and found it to be a dreadful experience. So I couldn't talk her into trying another.)
A few more years passed and I thought to call and suggest another dinner. Apparently, in the interim, she had seen the letter I wrote to my daughter's principal about Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. The bottom line there was I considered it a book of black hate, and objected to its assignment for summer reading. (The entire letter is posted here.) She said I had emailed her a copy, but I didn't remember sending it to her, or even having her email address. Whatever, she said it was a horrible thing for me to criticize the selections made by my daughter's English teacher; that she was always battling parents, when she taught, about her assignments; and we, parents, were an ignorant lot. Most ironic, I thought, was that she objected to my quoting excerpts from Angelou's book in my letter. That blue looseleaf notebook, except for short poems, is almost entirely filled with excerpts from larger works.
I haven't spoken with her since.
ML/NJ
Ha!
True....rare as hen’s teeth. ;)
ping
If you got rid of all the liberal idiots, we wouldn't have any liberals to laugh at.
YES! Burn them! I can get a permit for a great historic spot on Unter den Linden!
I was going to say the same. I always thought Jim was portrayed as the most intelligent character in the book.
When I read “Catcher in the Rye” I couldn’t get past the constant f* word and the whining.
Seems to me they forget about the author’s ability to write a book. But at the same time, why are they concerned? Most of the kids in the big city can’t read anyway.....so what harm? Maybe they want a book burning?
Maybe they could be re-categorized as “rap literature.”
“And he never wants “to rationalise Huck Finn to an angry African-American mom again as long as I breathe”.
Dont br too hard on him. He’s skeered.
I think kids need to ready Ayn Rand “Atlas Shrugged” and George Orwell’s “Animal Farm” and 1984 to understand better the current USA.
You can’t make this stuff up. I’m sure this idiot is a real conservative. (smirk) More proof that many of today’s teachers are morons.
Is our Nations History irrelevant in the Obama age also?
Rush - Witch Hunt
The night is black
Without a moon.
The air is thick and still.
The vigilantes gather on
The lonely torchlit hill.
Features distorted in the flickering light,
The faces are twisted and grotesque.
Silent and stern in the sweltering night,
The mob moves like demons possesed.
Quiet in conscience, calm in their right,
Confident their ways are best.
The righteous rise
With burning eyes
Of hatred and ill-will.
Madmen fed on fear and lies
To beat and burn and kill.
They say there are strangers who threaten us,
are immigrants and infidels.
They say there is strangeness too dangerous
In our theaters and bookstore shelves.
Those who know what’s best for us
Must rise and save us from ourselves.
Quick to judge,
Quick to anger,
Slow to understand
Ignorance and prejudice
And fear walk hand in hand...
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