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Drunk Squirrel
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The head of our school adored Huck Finn and actually taught the Juniors that book instead of the normal English teacher. It was easy to handle, although I had read it in middle school, but I can't remember dealingthe phrasing of n Jim. They taught while we were doing the mid 19th century in US history.

Jesus :lol: What was your school system trying to do teaching you that book twice? Once in middle school? :lol: Wtf?


Read it on my own. It was on the book shelf.
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Drunk Squirrel wrote:
The head of our school adored Huck Finn and actually taught the Juniors that book instead of the normal English teacher. It was easy to handle, although I had read it in middle school, but I can't remember dealingthe phrasing of n Jim. They taught while we were doing the mid 19th century in US history.

It's a great book, one of the best about American life, regardless of the century. Huck does refer to Jim as an N-word (he also calls Huck "trash"). Twain takes on race, class, region, regional squabbles and culture, education, slavery, fatherhood, the cross-country journey, the pain of losing your children, coming of age, guns, freedom, the Civil War, and dressing up like a woman when you're a man . . . it's all there.

Actually, the first half is fantastic, and the second half is . . . not. But there might be reasons for that.
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Drunk Squirrel wrote:
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The head of our school adored Huck Finn and actually taught the Juniors that book instead of the normal English teacher. It was easy to handle, although I had read it in middle school, but I can't remember dealingthe phrasing of n Jim. They taught while we were doing the mid 19th century in US history.

Jesus :lol: What was your school system trying to do teaching you that book twice? Once in middle school? :lol: Wtf?


Read it on my own. It was on the book shelf.

Ah, ok.

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tommy wrote:
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The head of our school adored Huck Finn and actually taught the Juniors that book instead of the normal English teacher. It was easy to handle, although I had read it in middle school, but I can't remember dealingthe phrasing of n Jim. They taught while we were doing the mid 19th century in US history.

It's a great book, one of the best about American life, regardless of the century. Huck does refer to Jim as an N-word (he also calls Huck "trash"). Twain takes on race, class, region, regional squabbles and culture, education, slavery, fatherhood, the cross-country journey, the pain of losing your children, coming of age, guns, freedom, the Civil War, and dressing up like a woman when you're a man . . . it's all there.

Actually, the first half is fantastic, and the second half is . . . not. But there might be reasons for that.



Honestly my main memories of the book are that I enjoyed it for most part but he didn't know how to end it.

Jbills, my folks were avid readers and kept all their college books and other books on a shelf in the living room. TV was kinda limited in the Squirrel household so books were a good option. I probably read a lot of their books or my brother's (who is a couple years older than I am) before most teachers would assign (Lord of the flies at 12 was probably a mistake) but it was better than letting them choose for me.
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Some comedian was talking about how the book was edited at some point to rename n Jim as "slave" Jim.

He opined the conversation that kids would have with their racist grandpa.

"No grandpa. You can't call them that anymore. You have to call them 'slaves.'"

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Drunk Squirrel wrote:
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The head of our school adored Huck Finn and actually taught the Juniors that book instead of the normal English teacher. It was easy to handle, although I had read it in middle school, but I can't remember dealingthe phrasing of n Jim. They taught while we were doing the mid 19th century in US history.

It's a great book, one of the best about American life, regardless of the century. Huck does refer to Jim as an N-word (he also calls Huck "trash"). Twain takes on race, class, region, regional squabbles and culture, education, slavery, fatherhood, the cross-country journey, the pain of losing your children, coming of age, guns, freedom, the Civil War, and dressing up like a woman when you're a man . . . it's all there.

Actually, the first half is fantastic, and the second half is . . . not. But there might be reasons for that.



Honestly my main memories of the book are that I enjoyed it for most part but he didn't know how to end it.

Jbills, my folks were avid readers and kept all their college books and other books on a shelf in the living room. TV was kinda limited in the Squirrel household so books were a good option. I probably read a lot of their books or my brother's (who is a couple years older than I am) before most teachers would assign (Lord of the flies at 12 was probably a mistake) but it was better than letting them choose for me.

No worries man. I'm a BIGFAN of reading complex literature at an early age. I just hope my kids don't read any of my adult graphic novel collection before they are say... 16 or 17.

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Now the school was ridiculous in that I was assigned Cry, The Beloved Country three summers in a row and we never once discussed it.
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I read it to my daughter when she was about 11. Damn near lost it when Jim told story of hitting his daughter not knowing she had lost her hearing.

I had read it myself around same age. Was quickly disappointed to find out that books that good are very hard to find.

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I read it to my daughter when she was about 11. Damn near lost it when Jim told story of hitting his daughter not knowing she had lost her hearing.


That scene killed me the first time I read it as a father.
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I am definitely scared for white people.

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Yes it is. Being offended by everything and constantly triggered is how those flags got into those articles lol..

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WASHINGTON—In the wake of protests in which some players knelt during the national anthem prior to this week’s NFL games, a U.S. Army veteran has been informed that the acts offended him. “This behavior spits in the face of everything you fought for,” said friends, family members, co-workers, politicians, television pundits, newspaper columnists, and millions of social media users, notifying the 65-year-old who served two tours in the Vietnam War that the protests were a mockery of all the sacrifices he had made. “You didn’t risk your life so that a bunch of millionaires could grandstand about some social issues. When these players refuse to rise for the anthem, they’re trampling all over your legacy, so of course you’d be furious.” Upon stating that the protests saddened him but that he had fought for their right to take place, the veteran was informed that, while his service was appreciated, he just wasn’t getting it.

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