Well - those are the facts - and they are ugly.

A high school ckass was assigned to read Beloved. Beloved is based on the facts of what it meant to be a slave in the south. And yes - those facts included rape and sodomy.

Mommy tells us her poor hug school senior was traumatized (reslly - I kid you not). she gets legislator to write a bill saying saying schools have to get permission from parents or their kids don’t have to participate in the reading any assigned book that the parent finds sexually offensive.

I hit is poppycock. Books with sexual references have long been part of the American high school curriculum. Cather in the Rye, To Kill s Mockingbird, The Color Purple, 1984.

The list. Goes on. But Beloved - a great novel by a great writer - well it’s true focus was in what it meant to be a slave. And somehow this book - with no Aunt Jemimas - is become the focal point of conservative and 62’s whiny sobbing about parents not having a voice.

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'62--What do you mean by your statement further down? Clarity please? -- The Midnight Toker 11/02/2021 12:09AM

Referring to McAuliffe's Statement telling Parents they have no role -- 1962Buff 11/02/2021 10:11AM

So, a Dem, not THE Dems. Broad brush. McAuliffe is wrong if indeed true.. -- The Midnight Toker 11/02/2021 2:45PM

Parents with kids in school, running for school boards is great. -- Colo Spgs Buff 11/02/2021 09:27AM

Yes. Grandparents often make good board members as well. Politicians with -- The Midnight Toker 11/02/2021 2:46PM

Yes. As an educator, I agree w/ Toker. ** -- Buffs4Ever 11/02/2021 06:31AM

As an English teacher, here's what I did in regards to assigning novels -- Buffs4Ever 11/02/2021 06:42AM

Was this elementary school with P/T conferences...high school -- Gateway 11/02/2021 5:12PM

At Back to School Night in September, the parents -- Buffs4Ever 11/02/2021 6:42PM

Well Done B4E. Giving advance notice is a best practice in my mind... -- 1962Buff 11/02/2021 10:27AM

This is a common expected practice in most school districts... -- The Midnight Toker 11/02/2021 2:48PM

You don't have to be that old to remember that -- bufffantheman 11/02/2021 11:01AM

The lazy ones let NextDoor and word of mouth tell them lies. ** -- The Midnight Toker 11/02/2021 2:48PM

Yes, exactly. ** -- Buffs4Ever 11/02/2021 6:45PM

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And let's not forget how kids cried for "Bambi"....they were... -- Gateway 11/02/2021 1:29PM

LOL -- * I * cried about Bambi. That was heck of a sad ending. ** -- Buffs4Ever 11/02/2021 9:57PM

62 Thinks if a teacher assigns the class a book to read -- cswilliam 11/02/2021 01:17AM

I read "Mandingo", not assigned reading. I don't remember... -- Gateway 11/02/2021 1:26PM

I also read "Catcher in the Rye" and "To Kill a Mocking Bird".. -- Gateway 11/02/2021 3:46PM

Wow, cswilliam, that was ugly ** -- WinningLeadership 11/02/2021 04:39AM

Well - those are the facts - and they are ugly. -- cswilliam 11/02/2021 08:07AM

Go back to law school. You need to learn what the word Fact means.... -- 1962Buff 11/02/2021 10:22AM

Zero clue about you? You've talked non stop about yourself... -- Gateway 11/02/2021 1:31PM

I hear ya'. I have a question for you. -- WinningLeadership 11/02/2021 09:28AM

Do these same concerned parents limit their kid’s internet access? -- Ralphie Bruber 11/02/2021 10:23AM

Fair question. Yet doesn't that assume all kids go down the rabbit hole -- WinningLeadership 11/02/2021 10:50AM

She was years too late to voice her concerns NOW...purely political... -- Gateway 11/02/2021 5:17PM

BS to your second paragraph… -- Ralphie Bruber 11/02/2021 1:45PM

Take a deep breath and exhale slowly. Repeat. -- WinningLeadership 11/02/2021 1:55PM

Better to learn it when age appropriate from a book, then hearing.. -- Gateway 11/02/2021 5:20PM

The problem here, which seems willfully obfuscated, is Beloved… -- Ralphie Bruber 11/02/2021 2:10PM

I haven't read it. I thought I had read that's what cswilliam had written -- WinningLeadership 11/02/2021 2:17PM