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Are Animal Farm and 1984 still required reading in High School?
Posted on 7/20/20 at 12:26 pm
Posted on 7/20/20 at 12:26 pm
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Posted on 7/20/20 at 12:27 pm to Red Stick Rambler
1984 was... Animal Farm... Don't think so.
Posted on 7/20/20 at 12:28 pm to Red Stick Rambler
Required? I'm pretty sure they've been banned in public schools.
Posted on 7/20/20 at 12:29 pm to Red Stick Rambler
Graduated in '97 and I they were not required reading back then. So 
Maybe now, but I do remember both books being at my school library because I did read them both, and checked them out from there.
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I'm pretty sure they've been banned in public schools.
Maybe now, but I do remember both books being at my school library because I did read them both, and checked them out from there.
This post was edited on 7/20/20 at 12:30 pm
Posted on 7/20/20 at 12:29 pm to Red Stick Rambler
Why read about it when we're living in it
Posted on 7/20/20 at 12:29 pm to Red Stick Rambler
Read Animal Farm, but not 1984.
Graduated high school in the past decade.
Graduated high school in the past decade.
Posted on 7/20/20 at 12:29 pm to Red Stick Rambler
We read AF. Not 1984
Posted on 7/20/20 at 12:30 pm to Red Stick Rambler
Neither were required reading
Graduated in 2008
Graduated in 2008
Posted on 7/20/20 at 12:30 pm to Red Stick Rambler
I read both. Animal farm in 8th grade and high school. Re-reading 1984 right now and it’s scaring me tbh
ETA: Graduated 2012 at a very progressive NOVA high school. Hopefully they still read it.
ETA: Graduated 2012 at a very progressive NOVA high school. Hopefully they still read it.
This post was edited on 7/20/20 at 1:19 pm
Posted on 7/20/20 at 12:31 pm to Red Stick Rambler
No. It would negate all their indoctrination efforts.
Posted on 7/20/20 at 12:32 pm to WONTONGO
Got a kid starting 9th grade in Ascension Parish public school, they are reading Animal Farm as summer reading
Posted on 7/20/20 at 12:33 pm to Red Stick Rambler
Add A Brave New World and Lord of the Flies to the list.
Posted on 7/20/20 at 12:34 pm to Red Stick Rambler
Reading is racist duh
Posted on 7/20/20 at 12:35 pm to Red Stick Rambler
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This post was edited on 1/11/21 at 12:31 am
Posted on 7/20/20 at 12:35 pm to Red Stick Rambler
Neither book was ever mentioned in my HS, much less required reading even in honors or AP classes. Orwell was never discussed at all. Graduated 2011.
We only read feminist authored bullshite and renaissance-era literature, sadly. With a sprinkling of Kipling and the like in there as well.
We only read feminist authored bullshite and renaissance-era literature, sadly. With a sprinkling of Kipling and the like in there as well.
This post was edited on 7/20/20 at 12:38 pm
Posted on 7/20/20 at 12:35 pm to Red Stick Rambler
Animal Farm is on the reading list for my son's school.
This post was edited on 1/13/21 at 8:21 am
Posted on 7/20/20 at 12:38 pm to Red Stick Rambler
Well, they were.
But I'm failing to see what Animal Farm has to do with current events.
But I'm failing to see what Animal Farm has to do with current events.
Posted on 7/20/20 at 12:39 pm to ShakeandBake
It depends on the teachers. I read Animal Farm, but not 1984. Fahrenheit 451 is a pretty popular selection these days.
Posted on 7/20/20 at 12:43 pm to Red Stick Rambler
i read animal farm in high school in 2010
Posted on 7/20/20 at 12:43 pm to Red Stick Rambler
At least one EBR high school made all juniors or seniors read 1984 within the last 5 years or so. Probably more of a choice by the teachers than anyone at a district level.
ETA: I once worked for a high school principal who had no idea what Fahrenheit 451 was even about. So don't get your hopes up that these kids are being exposed to great literary works and their meanings.
ETA: I once worked for a high school principal who had no idea what Fahrenheit 451 was even about. So don't get your hopes up that these kids are being exposed to great literary works and their meanings.
This post was edited on 7/20/20 at 12:49 pm
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