6th Grade Reading
One of the more interesting aspects of having a 6th grader in the house has been the books she is reading. The last few weeks have been filled with The Giver and the next book is Facing the Lion.
I'd read The Giver before on the advise of my sister a teacher who prides herself on reading all the books on the Florida reading list. My nephew commented that the book had been banned in several school districts.
The view of life in the book are not much different from Brave New World by Huxley, but I read that book in college and not in 6th grade. Fifty years ago is a long time and the stirrings I remember probably did not kick in until 7th grade.
And probably the biggest difference is access to the Internet, that has swallowed up so much time for everybody from the time kids get access to their first computer.
I'd read The Giver before on the advise of my sister a teacher who prides herself on reading all the books on the Florida reading list. My nephew commented that the book had been banned in several school districts.
The view of life in the book are not much different from Brave New World by Huxley, but I read that book in college and not in 6th grade. Fifty years ago is a long time and the stirrings I remember probably did not kick in until 7th grade.
And probably the biggest difference is access to the Internet, that has swallowed up so much time for everybody from the time kids get access to their first computer.
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