Brickbat: Too Violent for Chicago

Persepolis

Chicago Public Schools officials originally approved "Persepolis," a graphic novel about life during the Iranian revolution, for the seventh-grade curriculum. But they recently changed their minds and told teachers not to use the book and to remove it from their classrooms. Officials said the book is too violent. Many students have protested the change.

Comments

[Question of Auban]

Reason #879476237917645 to homeschool - Especially in a city like Chicago.

[Counterfly]

In their defense, Persepolis is boring, overrated and so far up its own ass it's like a digestive ouroboros. They should replace it with Identity Crisis or Blackest Night (which I know are compilations of serials, but still).

[Ted S.]

Let the students read what they want.

In sixth grade, I did a book report on Ian Fleming's Doctor No.

[Question of Auban]

I did one on King's Pet Semetary.

[Question of Auban]

Need more coffee should be Pet Cemetery.

I need to wake up.

[Rich]

Pet *Sematary*

WAKE UP!!

[Question of Auban]

Drinks coffee

Ahh, yes,

This is what I read in sixth grade

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pet_Sematary

[some guy]

I assumed you were going for Pet Seminary.

[Capt Ace Rimmer]

I was doing Penthouse research in 6th grade.

[Ted S.]

I also remember reading Orchids For Mother, one of those trashy mass-market paperbacks that were the rage in the late 70s and 80s that my parents had bought. Probably would have been about the same age.

The only thing I remember from the book is the would-be CIA agent being asked in a lie-detector test whether he masturbates.

[Professional Target]

Starship Troopers in 7th grade. Teacher clearly didn't like it, and told me it was too political. I had no frigging clue why at the time, so I read it again with that in mind.

Amazing how afraid they are you might learn something!

[Rich]

The CPS CEO says the book Persepolis is not appropriate for sophomore[s] ... and has asked that the book only be part of the curriculum for juniors

What a difference a year makes! Sounds like the CEO had a rough time in tenth grade.

[wareagle]

he could just as easily say living in Chicago is not appropriate for sophomores. A lot more dangerous than some book.

[thom]

Give him a break. He's a CEO. He doesn't want to have to explain this to shareholders on his next earnings call.

[Cdr Lytton]

Graphic novels -- better or worse than showing movie versions of book in lit class?

[Mongo]

They should read Tamburini and Liberatore's Ranxerox -- that'll get the little fuckers fired up....