Harper Lee, 'To Kill a Mockingbird' Author, Dies at 89

vienna · 02-23-16, 05:13 PM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

We also read Steinbeck (Old Man and the Sea). Do not recall any Dickens.

Other books required to read:
"Scarlet Letter A"
"Lord Of the Flies"
"Huckleberry Finn"
"The Catcher in the Rye"
"Beowulf"
"The Canterbury Tales."

Plenty of Shakespeare

"Lord Of the Flies"
"The Catcher in the Rye"
"The Canterbury Tales."

All on the Condemned list in our school; oddly, the book, Mutiny On The Bounty, was on the Condemned list, presumably due to depictions of topless native girls...

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Sailor Steve · 02-23-16, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by vienna

"Lord Of the Flies"
"The Catcher in the Rye"
"The Canterbury Tales."

All on the Condemned list in our school; oddly, the book, Mutiny On The Bounty, was on the Condemned list, presumably due to depictions of topless native girls...

I went to a Catholic boarding school for my first three years of high school (1964-1967). It was run by Augustinian Priests, and while those books were not required they were highly recommended by the Fathers.

vienna · 02-23-16, 05:40 PM

Our school was Jesuit and very hard line; aside from the "Unobjectionable" books, there was very little leeway in reading choices, not to say that a lot of us didn't stray. Our school was pretty much run by the nuns and they were a very conservative lot; the priests, being Jesuits, were a bit less severe, but the conceded to the nuns on all matters of curriculum. It was odd, since in other matters such as social sciences, religious history, and such, they were pretty progressive, but, then, the Catholics have been a rather contradictory sort...

BTW, I spent 9 years in Catholic school, from the mid 50s to the mid 60s, an interesting time span and an interest sort of place to spend it...

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Commander Wallace · 02-23-16, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by vienna

Our school was Jesuit and very hard line; aside from the "Unobjectionable" books, there was very little leeway in reading choices, not to say that a lot of us didn't stray. Our school was pretty much run by the nuns and they were a very conservative lot; the priests, being Jesuits, were a bit less severe, but the conceded to the nuns on all matters of curriculum. It was odd, since in other matters such as social sciences, religious history, and such, they were pretty progressive, but, then, the Catholics have been a rather contradictory sort...

BTW, I spent 9 years in Catholic school, from the mid 50s to the mid 60s, an interesting time span and an interest sort of place to spend it...

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I'm sure the " Board of Education " took on a new meaning in the Catholic School in the form of being smacked or disciplined with a 2x4 piece of hickory or soft pine wood.

vienna · 02-23-16, 08:23 PM

Our nuns were more the yardstick or ruler type; there was one nun I remember who got angry at a student and took one of those hardwood blackboard pointers and broke it over the back of his hand with one very hard swing. What they were really masters of was the psychological sort of torment we all really feared. I really believe if Sister Mary DeLaRita had still been alive today, she could have made those Gitmo prisoners talk without the waterboarding...

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Commander Wallace · 02-23-16, 05:41 PM

quote : and while those books were no required

I think you meant they were not required.

Sailor Steve · 02-23-16, 10:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Commander Wallace

quote : and while those books were no required

I think you meant they were not required.

A simple typo. Usually I try to proofread what I write, but sometimes I miss.

Thanks for the heads-up. Fixed.

02-23-16, 05:40 PM	#3
vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,715 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Our school was Jesuit and very hard line; aside from the "Unobjectionable" books, there was very little leeway in reading choices, not to say that a lot of us didn't stray. Our school was pretty much run by the nuns and they were a very conservative lot; the priests, being Jesuits, were a bit less severe, but the conceded to the nuns on all matters of curriculum. It was odd, since in other matters such as social sciences, religious history, and such, they were pretty progressive, but, then, the Catholics have been a rather contradictory sort... BTW, I spent 9 years in Catholic school, from the mid 50s to the mid 60s, an interesting time span and an interest sort of place to spend it... <O> __________________ __________________________________________________ __

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vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,715 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Our nuns were more the yardstick or ruler type; there was one nun I remember who got angry at a student and took one of those hardwood blackboard pointers and broke it over the back of his hand with one very hard swing. What they were really masters of was the psychological sort of torment we all really feared. I really believe if Sister Mary DeLaRita had still been alive today, she could have made those Gitmo prisoners talk without the waterboarding... <O> __________________ __________________________________________________ __

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Commander Wallace Navy Seal Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Under the sea in an Octupus garden in the shade Posts: 5,307 Downloads: 366 Uploads: 0	quote : and while those books were no required I think you meant they were not required.