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Quote by: Heather  But by the same token, things that we may not like, are a part of life. We can't shelter our children forever. I would want to know in what context this teacher presented this.
I don't presume to know what the teacher was suggesting, because for all I know, it could have had a legitimate educational purpose that is being taken out of context. How would we, a bystander, know? We can't. |
There can't be a legitimate purpose that couldn't have been taught with another, less violently graphic poem. I agree that we can't protect our children forever, but he was reading this to ten year olds for christ sake, they were still in elementary. What we expose our children to needs to be age-appropriate. Something like this should not be read to them til they are in at least 9th year.