 debbyski says: I'm not sorry I read them that book, that chapter, those words. Knowing that term isn't going to hurt them. And now, no one will ever laugh at them for not knowing it. When it comes to introducing adolescents to the realm of the sexual world — whether in books, or movies or life — it seems like one person's discomfort is another's salvation. No one has ever died from discomfort. As a teacher, there are few things that get under my skin like parents and administrators. Throw in puritanical abrogations of the freedom of speech, and bingo: you hit the trifecta! So POP it is! But ideological issues aside, does anyone else here feel like Nick Hornby is going to be a little over the heads of the average 12 year old? One people are to sensative about this simple matter in the past they wouldn't let certain people read about such things because they felt that they were inferior mentally. Today parents are so riled up about anything mostly out of fear the nation is already missed up in education. Ever hear that joke Rip van Rinkle wakes up in the 21st century and everywhere he goes amazes and baffles him from malls to arcades, untill he gets to a class room he says "I know this place its a school we used to have these in 1906 except now the black boards are green. He he. As a teacher myself (in the UK), this made me smile! I had a friend at University who was very prone to embarassing situations (all self inflicted!!) in the classroom! One day, during an IT* lesson (*that's Information Technology / Computers - for anyone who calls it anything different) she was teaching a class of 6 year olds the basics of the internet. She thought that a suitable topic for the children would be favourite books. All was going well as children were downloading images of Elmer the Elephant and The BFG. Until one child decided that he wanted to find a picure of his favourite fictional character ... so the oblivious trainee teacher typed the one word into the www search b... pop for the comments |
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