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Duppers

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5. Books!

Reply to Bayard (Original post)

Thu May 2, 2019, 03:43 PM

May 2019

Last edited Thu May 2, 2019, 04:23 PM - Edit history (1)

She said the boys “needed to open their eyes to the awful things people have done in the name of gender, race and religion. Books are the best way to combat that.”

Amen!

Thanks for posting this, Bayard.

That was a great reading list, btw.

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A US judge sentenced teenage vandals to read books. This is what happened next [View all] Bayard May 2019 OP

Excellent Reading List Me. May 2019 #1

My only observation zipplewrath May 2019 #3

The Rape of Nanking is non fiction NewJeffCT May 2019 #7

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings murielm99 May 2019 #9

In many ways, fiction might be a better way to get across the message mainer May 2019 #10

That's What I Think Too Me. May 2019 #18

Fiction helps build empathy. nt Rabrrrrrr May 2019 #17

The Banality of Evil was about Adolf Eichmann Clash City Rocker May 2019 #27

haven't read the entire article, but onethatcares May 2019 #2

I agree 100% Dem_4_Life May 2019 #21

Merci! Mme. Defarge May 2019 #4

Books! Duppers May 2019 #5

I'd like to think the boys' families are supporting this approach as well FakeNoose May 2019 #6

For decades I've thought that if High Schools taught racial and gender history lunatica May 2019 #8

But we also know that peer interactions are stronger than parents or schools after about 5yo erronis May 2019 #13

well that will always be true. lunatica May 2019 #16

i agree. my high school reading was very good. mopinko May 2019 #20

I also think teaching comparative religion is a good idea. lunatica May 2019 #24

3 years in Hong Kong from 7th-9th grade was definitely a profound learning experience mr_lebowski May 2019 #28

I grew up in Mexico City which is quite the metropolitan city lunatica May 2019 #29

Racism/classism is encoded in the education system DNA Rambling Man May 2019 #23

Yes. It's institutionalized and few people realize how lunatica May 2019 #25

That's a wonderful story. PoindexterOglethorpe May 2019 #11

This is how kids can learn empathy, by being exposed to characters they can identify with. marble falls May 2019 #12

Engagement! Mopar151 May 2019 #14

Like this nouveau sentencing. And I read some of the books on the list as a teen/young adult. nt iluvtennis May 2019 #15

Another suggestion: "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee." catbyte May 2019 #19

Indeed Bayard May 2019 #22

The Ox-Bow Incident. Sneederbunk May 2019 #26