𝐉𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐫 on Nostr: npub17a93l…lmv9a When I was in high school, back when trilobites roamed the earth, ...

npub17a93lvl79m9crvwkkcglmgwqghdxzmkrllvyma7jdhl32k0th3fq4lmv9a (npub17a9…mv9a) When I was in high school, back when trilobites roamed the earth, our bright young fresh-out-of-college AP English teacher assigned us "A Farewell to Arms," and a bunch of parents went mega-ballistic because it features two characters who have sex when they're not married. There were interviews in the local paper and outraged speeches at school board meetings, and generally a concerted effort to get Miss Donaldson fired for exposing us tender little flowers to this "sordid trash," as they called it. She didn't end up getting fired, but "Grapes of Wrath" promptly vanished from the syllabus, presumably because of that final scene. In any event, going after the classics for being too racy for high-schoolers isn't a new thing and isn't restricted to Florida; this was in the liberal stronghold of Boulder, Colorado.