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peacebeard 60 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: How “The Great Gatsby” took over high school

We teach old books because no one would ever agree on what new books to teach.

memcg 60 days ago [–]

This is what teachers told me when my sons were in high school 2004-2010. Any mention of drug use, sex or race would result in complaints from a few parents.

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