The Wow I Can't Believe That News Story Thread

[Frownland]

That book is for old ladies anyway.

[The Batlord]

I don't know why they don't teach any Stephen King in school. Yeah, he may not have the best prose, but he's an important modern author, is a household name who isn't trash, and might actually be of interest to someone who doesn't wear pocket protectors. I'd say it's also a crime that Lovecraft gets no love, but he's too early to make sense in this context.

[Janszoon]

Originally Posted by The Batlord

I don't know why they don't teach any Stephen King in school. Yeah, he may not have the best prose, but he's an important modern author, is a household name who isn't trash, and might actually be of interest to someone who doesn't wear pocket protectors.

Kids who don't care about their pockets love Stephen King.

[Pet_Sounds]

Originally Posted by The Batlord

I like how the news article refused to even list any of the objectionable language. Isn't that the crux of the issue?

I just can't believe we've come to the point where we bury our heads in the sand whenever something offends or scares us. We should read books that make us feel uncomfortable.

[The Batlord]

Originally Posted by Pet_Sounds

I just can't believe we've come to the point where we bury our heads in the sand whenever something offends or scares us. We should read books that make us feel uncomfortable.

Well it makes sense if you want to pretend that our rich, cultural diversity has no history of racism. Which is also not at all ironic.

[OccultHawk]

Kids don't read books assigned to them anyway.

King may go down in history as more important that Poe. I loved him in high school. I'm glad they didn't assign his books. Teachers can ruin anything.

[The Batlord]

Public school teachers are often passionless ****s who are as much a victim of public school education policies as the students. Supposedly they paid the teachers at my military school even less than public school teachers (no idea if that's true) but they gave way more of a **** since they had far smaller class sizes and weren't hamstrung by all these dumb rules about how they can't discipline kids cause it'll make their ****head parents sue the school. When you can't even yell at some **** kid who's constantly disrupting class I imagine it makes you feel like your job is utterly pointless.

[LoathsomePete]

Originally Posted by The Batlord

I don't know why they don't teach any Stephen King in school. Yeah, he may not have the best prose, but he's an important modern author, is a household name who isn't trash, and might actually be of interest to someone who doesn't wear pocket protectors. I'd say it's also a crime that Lovecraft gets no love, but he's too early to make sense in this context.

I actually got into an argument with my AP English teacher my senior year of high school because I wanted to read At the Mountains of Madness for our quarter reading assignment but she said it wasn't acceptable AP material because, and I quote, "I have never heard of H.P. Lovecraft". Fortunately that was early on in the first semester and I had time to quit that class and do mythology instead which was a lot more fun.

Still, if part of the reason why these students don't have to read To Kill a Mockingbird anymore is because of offensive language and making them feel uncomfortable then I'm not sure if Lovecraft is a good replacement. I mean a man sets himself on fire because he learns his family hails from Africa in one story, and the moral of The Shadow Over Innsmouth is that if you marry someone outside your race you will produce a half human half fish hybrid. Oh and lets not forget the cat from "The Rats in the Walls" called "Niggerman"

[Frownland]

Originally Posted by LoathsomePete

I actually got into an argument with my AP English teacher my senior year of high school because I wanted to read At the Mountains of Madness for our quarter reading assignment but she said it wasn't acceptable AP material because, and I quote, "I have never heard of H.P. Lovecraft".

Holy moly. I hope that ignorant quack got fired.

[The Batlord]

Originally Posted by LoathsomePete

I actually got into an argument with my AP English teacher my senior year of high school because I wanted to read At the Mountains of Madness for our quarter reading assignment but she said it wasn't acceptable AP material because, and I quote, "I have never heard of H.P. Lovecraft". Fortunately that was early on in the first semester and I had time to quit that class and do mythology instead which was a lot more fun.

I see your public schools are **** too.