| Author |
Message |
bjciii
Discount Oral Pleasure
Joined: 02 Sep 2003
Posts: 2071
Location: N39� 44' 66.952" / W75� 34' 58.562"
|
 Posted:
Tue Apr 10, 2007 9:23 am |
  |
|
      |
|
Tigger
Tech House Child Molester
Joined: 02 May 2003
Posts: 1419
Location: Dovah
|
| Posted:
Tue Apr 10, 2007 9:31 am |
|
That book was banned at my high school years ago. If I remember right, Brian read it as part of his curriculum but they banned it before I took the same class the following school year. I did read it (checked it out from the same High School's library) and didn't see what all the fuss was about. I think the objection was to the part where the one kid pretends to take a picture of the other kid jerking off.
It was definately a better book than A Separate Peace. |
_________________
Tact is for people who aren't witty enough to be sarcastic.
Well-behaved women seldom make history. |
|
|
|
bjciii
Discount Oral Pleasure
Joined: 02 Sep 2003
Posts: 2071
Location: N39� 44' 66.952" / W75� 34' 58.562"
|
| Posted:
Tue Apr 10, 2007 9:38 am |
|
Heh... I had to read A Separate Peace in that same grade school  I actually liked both books, but I was partial to The Chocolate War. What gets me is that parents are up in arms about one male student (in the book) calling another male student a "faggot" simply because he's making fun of them. I mean, shit... did those parents NEVER attend a grade- or high-school in their lives? That term is as frequently used as "hello" in most schools! Like banning this book is gonna curb that... |
_________________
"The way I see it, there's so much love and beauty in the world, and someone has to balance that shit out." -- Davan
http://www.SomethingPositive.net/ (10/09/2004) |
|
|
|
maslow
Professional Pun Person
Joined: 08 May 2003
Posts: 4054
Location: Here
|
| Posted:
Tue Apr 10, 2007 10:26 am |
|
| Quote: |
| John Wagner’s son attends Fallston High. He was among the parents who complained about the book at a board meeting. He said the mere fact that the book generated controversy meant it was better to remove it from the curriculum. |
Oh yeah, right, because never generating controversy is our goal. I mean, The Jungle generated controversy. Lets ban it! Who needs it? NOT US! Let's make a whole list!! Screw thinking!!! |
_________________
"Can't we all just get aloob?"
*The Traffic Lets Up, But Breathing Becomes Difficult*
Guy on cell: When the freeway ends, turn left...Yes, the freeway ends....Because the continent ends, dipshit.
--Hermosa Beach, California |
|
|
|
TiggerTuf
Squeeze Me
Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 253
Location: in my bunk...
|
| Posted:
Tue Apr 10, 2007 10:28 am |
|
i loved that book, i even read the sequel Beyond the Chocolate Wars. |
|
|
 |
|
AirwolfPSU
w00t!
Joined: 03 Nov 2005
Posts: 118
Location: B-more
|
| Posted:
Tue Apr 10, 2007 12:52 pm |
|
Wow, this makes me proud to work in Harford County  |
_________________
PERCUSSIVE MAINTENANCE: The fine art of whacking the crap out of an electronic device to get it to work again |
|
|
|
Stealthr4v3r
Mother Superior
Joined: 02 May 2003
Posts: 3113
Location: West Chester, PA
|
| Posted:
Tue Apr 10, 2007 1:08 pm |
|
I get less upset about schools banning books and teaching creationism when I stop thinking of them as places of education and more as daycare/day prison for people too young to vote. |
|
|
|
|
bjciii
Discount Oral Pleasure
Joined: 02 Sep 2003
Posts: 2071
Location: N39� 44' 66.952" / W75� 34' 58.562"
|
| Posted:
Tue Apr 10, 2007 1:15 pm |
|
"No child left behind" at its best  |
_________________
"The way I see it, there's so much love and beauty in the world, and someone has to balance that shit out." -- Davan
http://www.SomethingPositive.net/ (10/09/2004) |
|
|
|
Stealthr4v3r
Mother Superior
Joined: 02 May 2003
Posts: 3113
Location: West Chester, PA
|
| Posted:
Tue Apr 10, 2007 1:48 pm |
|
| bjciii wrote: |
| "No child left behind" at its best |
I seem to recall books being banned long before that. |
|
|
|
|
bjciii
Discount Oral Pleasure
Joined: 02 Sep 2003
Posts: 2071
Location: N39� 44' 66.952" / W75� 34' 58.562"
|
| Posted:
Tue Apr 10, 2007 2:26 pm |
|
Yeah... they were, but I can't let a chance go by that allows me to take a shot at NCLB  |
_________________
"The way I see it, there's so much love and beauty in the world, and someone has to balance that shit out." -- Davan
http://www.SomethingPositive.net/ (10/09/2004) |
|
|
|
|
|
