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The Romeo and Juliet conversation, like many of these types of arguments, misses the forest through the trees. Picking on one tiny piece of an argument rather than digesting it is a debate trick for a studio audience, but it’s not thoughtful. Just like assuming someone is motivated by racism, etc. The first book I complained about being removed from curriculum was Roll of Thunder Head My Cry. Another? Elie Wiesel’s Night. The book they replaced Roll of Thunder with was written by a white woman living in California about indigenous people. It was so bad, but its politics were right. The history and social studies curriculum is so weak compared to the school I sent my daughter into, it’s depressing.

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Again, this is nonsensical and moving the goalposts.  This was [b]the crux[/b][u] of your argument, that the curriculum has deteriorated so much that they don't read real books anymore (you said you'd barely heard of any of the authors on the 9th grade reading list).  I countered that falsehood with what the kids are actually reading in 9th right now (one of which is Romeo and Juliet and the others are also books you've heard of, contrary to your prior post).  And now you want to run from that and make it seem like I am nitpicking irrelevant or unimportant parts of some grander argument you've made.  A tip that may help you in life -- it's ok to admit when you're wrong sometimes (like I did when admitting I was wrong in my assumption about your motives, about which I apologized).  It won't kill you and may even give you some humility.[/quote]

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