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Rhiannon12866

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2. He's one of my favorites, too, and it makes no sense to me, either

Sun Sep 24, 2023, 12:17 AM

Sep 2023

When I saw one list of "banned" books, I remember many of them from my high school English class, classics that my middle-aged Catholic teacher thought were important. And now Shakespeare?? We studied one play every single year in high school (took two semesters in college) and when I was a kid at summer camp there was a local Shakespeare festival nearby and my group of girls, early teens, were allowed to go - we saw three plays that summer. I remember "Richard III," "Othello" and only remember that the third was a comedy. It was considered educational. And we also had a theater at that camp and one summer we performed "The Diary of Anne Frank."

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#VelshiBannedBookClub: 'Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Adaptation' - Velshi - MSNBC [View all] Rhiannon12866 Sep 2023 OP

I watched this on Velshi this morning..worth the watch Deuxcents Sep 2023 #1

He's one of my favorites, too, and it makes no sense to me, either Rhiannon12866 Sep 2023 #2

It would not surprise me if these thin skinned literary experts Deuxcents Sep 2023 #4

At school and even at camp, "great" literature was considered educational Rhiannon12866 Sep 2023 #5

It's all STILL... Think. Again. Sep 2023 #7

And they are depriving a generation by "banning" it. Rhiannon12866 Sep 2023 #8

"Anne Frank's Diary" was required reading in my High School English class. pazzyanne Sep 2023 #3

Same here, we read it too, and as I said above, we performed the play at summer camp. Rhiannon12866 Sep 2023 #6

Maybe if today's parents would read along with their kids Deuxcents Sep 2023 #9

My parents never questioned what I was reading, they figured that the teachers knew best. Rhiannon12866 Sep 2023 #10

Back in the last century when I was in school Deuxcents Sep 2023 #11

Same here. Rhiannon12866 Sep 2023 #12

That's a good one! Deuxcents Sep 2023 #13

Well, boarding school was not my favorite and we moved a lot due to my Dad's job Rhiannon12866 Sep 2023 #14

It's also INSULTING Warpy Sep 2023 #15

I couldn't agree more, it's close to unbelievable Rhiannon12866 Sep 2023 #16

One thing they need to do at these "town" school board meetings Warpy Sep 2023 #17