Idaho Senate: Bill Would Require All Students To Read 'Atlas Shrugged' (employment, controversial)

[urbanlife78]

Originally Posted by HappyTexan

Hunger Games has pretty much replaced it. Very few of the old classics are read anymore.

Lord of the Flies is 8th grade level while Hunger Games is 5th grade level.
Few kids read at or above their level.

Well my future kid will not be one of these kids, they will be reading as much as they can because my wife and I will be promoting it and encouraging it. It is sad how much the school systems have been butchered in the name of saving a buck or making a buck off the expense of education.

[HappyTexan]

We had to read "The Scarlet Letter" in school. Now that was a DRY book, full of 1850 jargon and boring as all get go.

[mistyriver]

Originally Posted by HappyTexan

That the more money they pour into the virtual online classes, the less the physical schools will get.
The trend is towards online learning.

Luckily for my daughter's school, there is no charge to the district for AP or dual credit classes.

[Harrier]

Originally Posted by mistyriver

Where do you get this idea?

The liberal educational establishment won't allow them.

They prefer to keep people largely illiterate, so that they won't think, and will continue to vote for Democrats every two years.

Become educated and become a conservative, and you won't have this problem.

[whoisjongalt]

Originally Posted by urbanlife78

Because that book is the one book protecting people's minds from "being brainwashed by socialist professors?" Right, you keep believing that.

Actually, the Library of Congress did a survey asking what book had most influenced peoples' lives.

#1 The Bible
#2 Atlas Shrugged

[mistyriver]

Originally Posted by Harrier

The liberal educational establishment won't allow them.

They prefer to keep people largely illiterate, so that they won't think, and will continue to vote for Democrats every two years.

Become educated and become a conservative, and you won't have this problem.

Oh good grief. Isn't there an abortion thread you're needed on?

[Harrier]

Originally Posted by mistyriver

Oh good grief. Isn't there an abortion thread you're needed on?

I haven't seen any lately, but rest assured that when one does materialize, that I will get my important message out.

[HappyTexan]

Originally Posted by mistyriver

Where do you get this idea?

The average reading level of a HS graduate is 8th grade.

American High School Students Are Reading Books At 5th-Grade-Appropriate Levels: Report
The Nation's Report Card - National Assessment of Educational Progress - NAEP

[stargazzer]

too many distractions

[whoisjongalt]

"Who is John Galt?"