At the risk of provoking further fulminations, I wonder why anyone should
think that the study of To Kill a Mockingbird or The Diary of Anne Frank
(this is how they are spelled, by the way) is incompatible with the
teaching of grammar. Is the writer claiming that the study of literature
itself hurts the study of grammar? If it is just that he does not like
literature whose theme is the oppression of minority groups, that is his
own private concern and no concern of this discussion list about the
teaching of grammar.

Dick Veit

At 06:27 PM 11/28/2000 -0600, you wrote:
>Subject: Re: Great site, run by a brilliant Black lady
>To: [log in to unmask]
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>It is not a reactionary agenda. The abolition of grammar teaching is pure
>political correctness at work. Instead of teaching substantive material
>the English teacher gets to assign multicultural and alternative sexuality
>propaganda trash and condemn students who do not parrot the approved
>nonsense. At my high school students are condemned to repeated readings of
>"To Kill a Mocking Bird", the "Diary of Ann Frank" and Ebonic dialect
>novels along with pro-homosexuality tracts. Lot's more fun for English
>teachers with low I.Q.'s and axes to grind than teaching grammar, logical
>thinking, and classical literature.