The Book Isn't About Kids Killing Kids.

[Foxie Loxie]

SirGothCalifornian

Foxie Loxie

SirGothCalifornian

Foxie Loxie

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Thanks. Some days I can see why people give up. It can be hard sometimes. Teaching preschool takes a lot of energy. I spend a lot of time catching up kids that are behind rather than letting them fall through the cracks. I know not all teachers are that way though which is sad.

My mom has been doing that work for years, between her own beliefs, the situations of the kids (poorer district) and the districts wants and the preschool's curriculum it's a wonder the kids get any sort of semblance of consistency. But she does her best and I know what she puts in.

She's lucky my dad can support us all while she does what she loves, in our state teacher pay isn't nearly half a decent cost of living...

California man, whatcha gonna do

I live in California also. The education system here is a royal mess.....

Word what part? I'm in south bay near the beaches few miles from LAX.

Northern. I live in the San Francisco area

[SirGothCalifornian]

Always wanted to live in san fran lucky...but lol I've been derailing topics all day so yeah

Book reading should be encouraged... free thinking and analysis always

[marshmallowcreampie]

Ganon Firenight

Remind her that the fantastic classic, and standard high school English book 1984 by George Orwell features a man with a cage full of hungry rats attached to his face.

The books are being picked up by a lot of schools because they're an easier read than Brave New World, 1984, etc., and it's much easier to get kids to read and discuss them.

Also mention Lord of the Flies, which is ten times as brutal and twenty times as senseless, and was another book we were forced to read.

Hehe, pretty much this. The Hunger Games is no more violent than a lot of classics kids typically read in school. And it's not like the violence in The Hunger Games merely exists for shock value or entertainment for sickos, it actually has purpose to the overall message of the story and s**t.

[mrjarbear]

katniss rawr

[marshmallowcreampie]

Though I would also like to add, is the teacher like, stupid or something? I saw the movie before I read the books, but the messages and themes were still clear. The issues of poverty and the desperate things people do (in this case, sign up for the tessarae) to get by. It addresses the obsession with appearance in the culture, in that the tributes want themselves to look good not because they want people to like them for the sake of being liked, but because their very lives can depend on it. Then there's the issue of social class within Panem. The people in the Districts (especially District 12) live in extreme poverty, like how we see third world countries today. Meanwhile, the people in the Capitol are in immense luxury, far better off than even upper class people today. One of the biggest themes of all is the glorification of violence and the people who commit violent acts. Your teacher completely missed the point of the Games.

[fish17171]

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fish17171

r u serious??

DEAD serious.

Your teacher is an idiot.

[Rogue Destiny]

I hate closed-minded people, they never listen, but that's their opinion and they're going to stick with it, whether you like it or not.

In all honesty, even if she hadn't read the books--and wasn't so closed-minded--maybe she would have seen the corrupted yet demeaning things that were going on. She would have seen the troubles that many of the kids, not just Katinss, were going through.

But I guess she doesn't totally see that.