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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No!  It's horrifying.[/quote]

so what do you think about reading Huckleberry Finn?  Just asking as my 8th grader is doing that now and the word is used about 250 times in the book.[/quote]

The historical context of the book and the lesson of N*gger Jim's life make it a powerful message for adolescents. On the other hand, my older DD was assigned a chapter from one of the Little House books in which Pa puts on blackface and acts like a "comical darky" to entertain neighbors! I've never forgotten how appalled DD was or [b]how clueless her teacher was to why we might be upset.[/quote][/b]

OMG! What school does this teacher teach  at?   [/quote]

She used to teach 5th grade at Rock Creek Valley. I have no way of knowing if she's still there. The worst part is that it was my daughter's week for literature circle and she was very upset that she's have to discuss the scene so she faked being sick to avoid it. We found out on the tail end of things.[/quote]

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