03-28-2016, 09:53 PM
This has some serious problems when it follows the books into the lower grades. We did Mark Twain's Puddinhead Wilson in fifth grade (along with the full collection of Robert Frost, 
, well, we didn't study them all but I had them all in my hands.). Racism! Illegitimacy! I don't remember, probably rape and a host of other things.
You will have parents that never read the books and see only the list of warnings on the cover. I can hear the indignant complaints now, in fact, I can see books addressing anything serious being banned by school administrators because they don't want to be accused of approving something inappropriate.
IMO those issues are best kept within the pages of the book to be presented as the author intended.
, well, we didn't study them all but I had them all in my hands.). Racism! Illegitimacy! I don't remember, probably rape and a host of other things.You will have parents that never read the books and see only the list of warnings on the cover. I can hear the indignant complaints now, in fact, I can see books addressing anything serious being banned by school administrators because they don't want to be accused of approving something inappropriate.
IMO those issues are best kept within the pages of the book to be presented as the author intended.
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