tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22657443.post8953541583034217994..comments2023-12-31T03:18:37.403-06:00Comments on "E pur si muove!": "Common Reading" and Liberal BiasLester Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14746157071827337723noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22657443.post-1634294257756036162010-07-11T08:23:26.112-05:002010-07-11T08:23:26.112-05:00"But then they are probably more rebellious t..."But then they are probably more rebellious than most kids, so I can't say for sure this is representative." My experience is that they are probably typical boys in that they expressed their dislike to you, but not likely to their teacher. Girls tend to wear their 'opnions' on their sleeves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22657443.post-55525547228552239372010-07-10T15:43:48.884-05:002010-07-10T15:43:48.884-05:00Yes, I did mean reflects. I've corrected the ...Yes, I did mean reflects. I've corrected the mistake. I guess I was getting in touch with my inner dyslexic.<br /><br />I does seem to me that this is just the sort of thing -- sanctimonious, patronizing, moralistic -- that kids tend to rebel against. <br /><br />My son recently had a common reading assignment inflicted on him on two occasions. In one, the book was a novel by the ubiquitous Kingsolver. In the other it was a novel called "The Tortilla Curtain" ["about a white family that realizes what racists they've been and tries to help Mexicans" -- Nat's description].<br /><br />In both cases Nat and his friends resented, despised, and hated the text. But then they are probably more rebellious than most kids, so I can't say for sure this is representative.Lester Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14746157071827337723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22657443.post-76518846170921840192010-07-06T13:02:53.276-05:002010-07-06T13:02:53.276-05:00"They are saying that the choices reflex what..."They are saying that the choices reflex what academic liberals think is interesting or important or true, and ignore what the rest of us think is interesting or important or true." Perhaps you meant reflect, but reflex is apropos to this subject. I think it is important to teach how to think, and if their agendas exhibit a liberal bias (the book list and common sense tells us that is so) then, they are in for a surprise. It is a normal reflex for students to rebel from force fed ideology. It will be interesting times when these minds are no longer in the 'protection' of the academic world.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com