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

[Commander Wallace]

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

I remember we had to read " The Pearl " and " Great Expectations ". We also had to read Beowulf. The ones you mentioned are some of the great classics.

[u crank]

Reading really good books at a young and impressionable age is in some ways a life changer.

Some of mine were Lee's, 'To Kill a Mockingbird', Pearl S. Buck's 'The Good Earth' and starting a life long interest in all things naval, 'The Cruel Sea' by Nicholas Monsarrat.

Thank you Ms. Lee for shaping my world view. R.I.P.

[Commander Wallace]

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]

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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[Sailor Steve]

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.

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by Commander Wallace

I remember we had to read " The Pearl " and " Great Expectations ". We also had to read Beowulf. The ones you mentioned are some of the great classics.

We also read, "The Great Gatsby" as well as "The Red Badge of Courage." Two more great classics. I guess this makes me a classic.