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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why don't we have any shows like the Walton nowadays?   I've been watching them all day today it was a good show. No We can't watch a show  they are always having ∆∆∆. We need to bein back a show like the Waltons
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No we do not. Never

You have no brain cells?

[b]Should we bring back little house on the prairie too? [/b]

What is wrong with you?

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Absolutely!

The books and the television series.

The Little House on the Prairie books are beautifully written, timeless classics that were cancelled by people who probably never read them.

They should be in every classroom and Laura Ingalls Wilder should be covered in every elementary school.[/quote]

Have you read Prairie Fires by Caroline Fraser? It's eye-opening. Most of what LIW wrote glossed over the reality of the Ingalls' lives - Charles Ingalls didn't have a wandering foot. He was on the verge of bankruptcy and kept moving to stay ahead of his creditors. Their livelihoods were based on failed homesteading.

Plus the Homestead Act was one of the biggest government giveaways of all time. It's funny that libertarians read those books as a history of people who were self-sufficient.

btw, I read and loved all the Little House books as a girl. So much so that (obviously) I have read every biography of Laura I have found. So, not cancelled; just much more informed about their veracity.[/quote]

I also love the Little House books but agree they now require some context.

A black mom said at one of our school district committee meetings that she didn't want her daughter finding those books in the 3rd grade free reading bins.  And I thought about it and appreciated that comment.  The Ingalls were afraid of Indians, illegally homesteaded on Indian lands, and they attend a minstrel show.

The books are really great.  But there is a back story.

I like them so much I visited Almanzo's childhood farm in Malone, NY.  But when I tried to read Farmer Boy to my young sons, my older was really bothered by the opening chapters where the teacher bullwhips the naughty teen students who caused the previous teacher's fatal injuries.  I had forgotten all about this and only recalled things like getting the shoemaker to visit your house to make shoes.

I don't believe in banning books but some books are best left for home reading with parental guidance.  Parts of the Little House series definitely qualify.

Also, I believe that understanding bias in a work doesn't ruin enjoyment of a work.  And that people can learn to be better by thinking about context.  Even young kids.  But schools are not in great shape to teach controversial literature in this era. There is more than enough uncontroversial educational information to be taught. Starting fights between wokes vs. MAGAs detracts from the educational mission.[/quote]

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