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Yeah, I have to edit everything. Even history, apparently. Mats Gambling Buddy Send a noteboard - 27/10/2009 03:09:08 PM
And how they won't allow their middle school kids to do the edited Hamlet? Well, my second submission also got rejected. What was it? Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol.I edited the whole thing like I did with Hamlet to take out anything that MIGHT be considered offensive in any way. The reason the charter school board gave me was that the graveyard scene depicted death. GAAAAAHHHHH! Charter school garbage. I submitted an edited version of The Hysterical History of the Trojan War. I edited it so that every person who dies (Hector, Achilles, etc) does a Monty Python-ish "I think I'm going to make it" deal. It's funny but why should I have to edit literature for middle school kids? They can't even mention death? That severely limits the book selection for them and excludes most of the greatest works in history. It's ridiculous. It makes me sad for the kids.


cause, you know, a christmas carol will probably be run in some form on each of the free stations at least once this season.

maybe you should submit the non-edited versions from now on? or has it been made clear that non-edited are absolutely unacceptable?
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Remember how I told you about that local charter school banning Shakespeare? - 27/10/2009 01:42:23 PM 818 Views
Get with the times man. - 27/10/2009 01:49:38 PM 678 Views
I don't know whether it would make you feel any better - 27/10/2009 01:59:15 PM 528 Views
yeah, write to the local paper and news channel - 27/10/2009 03:32:46 PM 494 Views
I'm in Indiana. - 27/10/2009 03:43:03 PM 477 Views
I am very worried about the next generation. - 27/10/2009 04:36:24 PM 493 Views
I'm kinda curious how we don't see it as lying to them. - 27/10/2009 04:43:49 PM 548 Views
Many, many people see lying to children as a perfectly legitimate technique. - 27/10/2009 07:23:59 PM 533 Views
I really think you ought to write to the paper. - 28/10/2009 02:39:55 AM 494 Views
I can understand how you feel... - 27/10/2009 02:02:42 PM 486 Views
Two questions - 27/10/2009 02:12:02 PM 521 Views
Re: Two questions - 27/10/2009 02:45:16 PM 492 Views
Oh okay thanks! - 27/10/2009 02:54:46 PM 468 Views
You have the right of it. - 27/10/2009 03:05:48 PM 478 Views
Re: Two questions - 27/10/2009 03:04:09 PM 481 Views
If A Christmas Carol didn't get through... - 27/10/2009 02:29:18 PM 544 Views
But Humpty Dumpty breaks! - 27/10/2009 02:30:28 PM 484 Views
Humpty Dumpty was pushed! - 27/10/2009 02:59:55 PM 481 Views
Exactly. - 27/10/2009 03:10:54 PM 486 Views
Re: If A Christmas Carol didn't get through... - 27/10/2009 03:08:01 PM 469 Views
Re: If A Christmas Carol didn't get through... - 27/10/2009 03:16:46 PM 433 Views
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guh - 27/10/2009 03:31:28 PM 457 Views
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What she's saying is true. - 27/10/2009 04:40:22 PM 461 Views
You gotta be kidding me! - 27/10/2009 03:42:57 PM 476 Views
It serves k-8 but I want to do different material with the 7-8 kids. - 27/10/2009 04:41:42 PM 456 Views
apparently none of these kids has a TV? - 27/10/2009 02:47:00 PM 495 Views
Yeah, I have to edit everything. Even history, apparently. - 27/10/2009 03:09:08 PM 477 Views
huh? - 27/10/2009 02:57:20 PM 578 Views
Re: huh? - 27/10/2009 03:15:43 PM 571 Views
Wow, cool school! - 27/10/2009 03:37:51 PM 479 Views
What if you have Scrooge get swine flu for the third visit? - 27/10/2009 02:57:28 PM 478 Views
And.... - 27/10/2009 03:17:42 PM 489 Views
People are paranoid. *NM* - 27/10/2009 03:11:26 PM 210 Views
ah, you did say what grade they are. - 27/10/2009 03:47:40 PM 433 Views
what's their problem? - 27/10/2009 03:48:10 PM 476 Views
sheesh man! Ridiculous. *NM* - 27/10/2009 11:34:21 PM 192 Views
Maybe you should get Philip Glass to present a non-denominational, unoffensive school play. - 27/10/2009 11:47:08 PM 467 Views
That was a funny mind image. *NM* - 28/10/2009 01:08:42 AM 203 Views
Seriously?! - 28/10/2009 11:52:30 AM 465 Views

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