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DENVERPOPS

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17. Jungle
Wed Mar 22, 2023, 02:12 AM
Mar 2023

In our 8th grade social studies, the teacher had mandatory reading of several books......this was in 63?

We had to Read: The Jungle, Animal Farm, 1984, and the Ugly American. In class, civics was pounded into our brains.
I have forgotten more about our government and its workings, and the Constitution than any of my friends will ever know.

Interestingly, our teacher was a hard core Republican, and was nearly suspended for having us read those books......

I still have my original copies of Animal Farm, 1984, and the Jungle on my bookshelf.

Trump's fucked up shit made me get Animal Farm off the shelf and re-read it. WOW.....it could have been used as a script for the Republicans/Trumps actions during those four years.

You don't need to worry about the Repub voters ever reading either of them, especially 1984 it requires a much higher educational level, as does the Ugly American and the Jungle.

That same year, in that same teacher's class, he walked in with a blank stare on his face, and white as a sheet. He faced the class and didn't say anything for maybe a minute......the classroom was totally silent with everyone looking at him. He said that JFK had just been assassinated..........

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Well that should settle that then underpants Mar 2023 #1
Not really Zeitghost Mar 2023 #38
No shocker to me. OAITW r.2.0 Mar 2023 #2
My experiences eating out, or in, in China were very different from yours, I guess. HUAJIAO Mar 2023 #8
And Sichuan if you like tingly peppercorns IronLionZion Mar 2023 #10
LOL right !!! HUAJIAO Mar 2023 #27
Love a good hot pot or some spicy noodles IronLionZion Mar 2023 #29
This message was self-deleted by its author IronLionZion Mar 2023 #30
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Thank you! I wish the poster would note that. C Moon Mar 2023 #13
fyi - the opening poster can only post 4 paragraphs jgo Mar 2023 #28
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yes. this testing was done after stopdiggin Mar 2023 #11
what's the connection of why it is named as it is and you bolding "19" ?? i don't get it. nt orleans Mar 2023 #19
Because it was named Coronavirus Disease 2019 due to starting in 2019, shortened to Covid19 wishstar Mar 2023 #22
thanks. nt orleans Mar 2023 #34
BuT tHe FbI aNd DePaRtMeNt Of EnErGy SaId It WaS a LaB lEaK!!!!!1!!! RockRaven Mar 2023 #5
FBI is only wrong when they arrest Trump supporters IronLionZion Mar 2023 #33
Ok, so the theory about bats was wrong? eggplant Mar 2023 #6
That was SARS Mosby Mar 2023 #9
I saw that movie too. canuckledragger Mar 2023 #15
the early story (or earliest) was that it came from a orleans Mar 2023 #20
That is what was suspected and posted quite a bit about on DU too BumRushDaShow Mar 2023 #23
Christian Anderson is promoting this womanofthehills Mar 2023 #12
I'm really not surprised Warpy Mar 2023 #14
Jungle DENVERPOPS Mar 2023 #17
It was on our "recommended" reading list, which I always found more interesting Warpy Mar 2023 #35
The stuff you mentioned DENVERPOPS Mar 2023 #40
The public weren't too worried about the workers or animals after The Jungle IronLionZion Mar 2023 #42
It should be noted that in mid-2019 the GOP recalled our scientists embedded in China's CDC NullTuples Mar 2023 #16
How possible is it that animals experimented on in the lab were taken to market after they were NBachers Mar 2023 #18
Anything is possible. No one has found an actual infected Tomconroy Mar 2023 #21
your just going to walk out of a bio lab with a monkey on your shoulder? Blues Heron Mar 2023 #25
The lab's official line is that it goes the other way IronLionZion Mar 2023 #26
That is highly unlikely Warpy Mar 2023 #36
+10000000000 roamer65 Mar 2023 #45
One thing I know about COVID. I am still living. twodogsbarking Mar 2023 #24
I got it last month and it was super mild for me IronLionZion Mar 2023 #32
Raccoon dogs look like fine animals in the fox family IronLionZion Mar 2023 #31
That's because they are very closely related to foxes Warpy Mar 2023 #37
We probably shouldn't eat them IronLionZion Mar 2023 #39
The wisecrack northern Chinese make about people in the south Warpy Mar 2023 #41
China is a difficult place for vegetarians IronLionZion Mar 2023 #43
I prefer the exotic veg, myself, they can have my share of civet cat Warpy Mar 2023 #44
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