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barbtries

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10. when I was a freshman our English class went to the library

Tue Aug 16, 2022, 03:43 PM

Aug 2022

and got to choose any book. I chose "As I Lay Dying," and my teacher okayed it. I did not even know what it was about lol. Years later I reread it, but as i'm posting this I realize, I need to read it again. I might even be thinking about "The Sound and the Fury" - interesting but what I recall is the internal dialogue of a woman who does not want to be pregnant and has taken a potion to end it and she keeps thinking it won't work. After googling both of these books I'm going to order them just to make sure I have not lost my mind.

At any rate I was 14 and totally uncensored, which is how it should be.

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New classroom book screening process in Tennessee [View all] Demovictory9 Aug 2022 OP

Time to read the "unapproved" books. sakabatou Aug 2022 #1

post a list of approved and unapproved books in your room. msongs Aug 2022 #2

This amounts to censorship Layzeebeaver Aug 2022 #3

This is scaring the crap out of me. barbtries Aug 2022 #4

Yeah, I read whatever I wanted JCMach1 Aug 2022 #5

having a choice makes all the difference. mopinko Aug 2022 #8

there you go. barbtries Aug 2022 #9

I'm remembering all the "classics" we read in AP English class and wonder if they're on the list Rhiannon12866 Aug 2022 #6

when I was a freshman our English class went to the library barbtries Aug 2022 #10

That's the thing, they want to censor any books which would challenge THEIR beliefs Rhiannon12866 Aug 2022 #11

You know how kids are.... multigraincracker Aug 2022 #7

as a middle school librarian, I am preparing my ELA teachers Thtwudbeme Aug 2022 #12