Comments on: Carnival of Education http://joannejacobs.com/2007/01/31/the-104th-carnival-of-education-at-the-median-sib/ Free-linking and thinking on education by Joanne Jacobs Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:20:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Bill Leonard http://joannejacobs.com/2007/01/31/the-104th-carnival-of-education-at-the-median-sib/#comment-38818 Bill Leonard Thu, 01 Feb 2007 19:03:32 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/2007/01/31/the-104th-carnival-of-education-at-the-median-sib/#comment-38818 Hear, hear! Walter! As it happens, during my junior year in high school (1959-60) there was a great flap in the district over the assignment of Catcher -- a few parents complained; the teacher was reassigned; and every kid immediately did his or her best to glom a copy and read it. This was followed by general disappointment; most expected at the very least a lot of scenes like the famous (or at least extremely popular) Betty and Rodney at the beach episode in Peyton Place. What we got was, as Joanne Jacobs has commented on "Carnival," a tale about an immature whiner. And so it goes... Hear, hear! Walter!

As it happens, during my junior year in high school (1959-60) there was a great flap in the district over the assignment of Catcher — a few parents complained; the teacher was reassigned; and every kid immediately did his or her best to glom a copy and read it. This was followed by general disappointment; most expected at the very least a lot of scenes like the famous (or at least extremely popular) Betty and Rodney at the beach episode in Peyton Place. What we got was, as Joanne Jacobs has commented on “Carnival,” a tale about an immature whiner.

And so it goes…

]]> By: Walter E. Wallis http://joannejacobs.com/2007/01/31/the-104th-carnival-of-education-at-the-median-sib/#comment-38763 Walter E. Wallis Wed, 31 Jan 2007 17:15:05 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/2007/01/31/the-104th-carnival-of-education-at-the-median-sib/#comment-38763 One of the more odious results of censorship was to give Catcher in the Rye a success entirely undeserved by its content. One of the more odious results of censorship was to give Catcher in the Rye a success entirely undeserved by its content.

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