• KoboldCoterie
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    2 months ago

    Flowers for Algernon, that was thought provoking but also way too heavy for a 7th grade English class.

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      2 months ago

      This shit made me fucking sob, I was also in seventh grade. I came to this comment section to mention it. Unforgettable

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      2 months ago

      Jesus Christ. I read that aged 27 and cried like a baby. Way too heavy for grade school.

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        Did the teacher at least spend time discussing it, or did they just lay it on you and let you sort it out for yourselves? Either way, that’s pretty early!

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        Same here. We read FFA, The Veldt, The Tell Tale Heart, All Summer in a Day, and a few other short stories in some “advanced readers class,” that we had to go to the library once a week to attend.

        I think they were trying to fuck up all the smart kids.