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    Re: Anne Frank Controversial?
    Posted by HG mom on 7/20/08

    Things like the saying pledge of allegiance- she feels that unless people
    really understand what they are pledging they shouldn't say it and feels that
    kids shouldn't be forced to say it daily since most of them aren't aware of
    what it means. Then she took it a bit further with peer pressure- kids
    looking alike, acting alike- it being "cool" to outcast people based on how
    they look or where they come from. She's also aware as to what is going on in
    other parts of the world. We used to joke in college about how freshman
    tended to compare everything to Nazi Germany- well my daughter is rather like
    a freshman- lol.

    She just read a book called the Spiders Web. It's about a teen girl that
    falls in with a crowd of Neo-Nazi's. Before this book, she was not aware that
    there were Neo-Nazis. Good read- mature themes, though. The kids in the book
    drink beer (among their tamer activities)and it is very violent.

    Unusual describes my kiddo very well. I remember this little bitty kid
    sitting in bed with her Picture Book of Anne Frank asking me to explain more
    about the Nazis and what they did. I was thinking, "OMG this poor kid is
    going to have nightmares!" But I just went with it, easy at first, and every
    night for a week at bedtime she asked more and more questions. She's never
    had nightmares or been scared- a bit of outrage and appropriate sadness, but
    nothing overblown.

    She's not one of those kids who is super-serious all the time, either. She's
    happy go lucky and quite a clown. She's just very opinionated and
    philosophical when she wants to be- always has been. This year she's learning
    informal logic for the first time- God help us all!!!

    Thanks for asking. If you ever run into a kid who is similar, you can know
    now she's not a freak ;)

    On 7/20/08, GT Teacher wrote:
    > On 7/20/08, HG mom wrote:
    >> My daughter enjoys thinking about how something like this could have
    >> happened-
    >
    > What conclusions has your talented daughter come to regarding the
    > Holocaust? I find it very unusual that a 4 year old would not recoil from
    > such an idea as the Holocaust but avidly pursue knowledge of it. I'd
    > certainly be interested in knowing what conclusions she's come to.
    >
    >>
    >>

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  • Huck Finn Controversial?, 7/17/08, by Athena.
  • Re: Huck Finn Controversial?, 7/17/08, by Debbie.
  • Re: Huck Finn Controversial?, 7/17/08, by Raftery.
  • Re: Huck Finn Controversial?, 7/17/08, by Rafe Esquith uses it read: There are no shortcuts.
  • Re: Huck Finn a Challenge for 5th graders, 7/17/08, by Sara.
  • Re: Huck Finn Controversial?, 7/18/08, by HGmom.
  • Re: Huck Finn Controversial?, 7/19/08, by Juliana.
  • Re: Anne Frank Controversial?, 7/19/08, by you can't possibly have meant that.
  • Re: Anne Frank Controversial?, 7/19/08, by Juliana.
  • Re: Anne Frank Controversial?, 7/19/08, by Debbie.
  • Re: Huck Finn Controversial?, 7/19/08, by Janette.
  • Re: Anne Frank Controversial?, 7/20/08, by HG mom.
  • Re: Huck Finn Controversial?, 7/20/08, by Juliana.
  • Re: Anne Frank Controversial?, 7/20/08, by GT Teacher.
  • Re: Anne Frank Controversial?, 7/20/08, by HG mom.
  • Re: Anne Frank Controversial?, 7/20/08, by GT Teacher.
  • Re: Huck Finn Controversial?, 7/20/08, by Janette.
  • Re: Anne Frank Controversial?, 7/22/08, by HG mom.
  • Re: Anne Frank Controversial? Only the section where, 7/22/08, by She and her friend feel up each others' breasts.

     
     

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