tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post7476784069964856778..comments2024-03-08T00:21:56.482-08:00Comments on kitchen table math, the sequel: projects we have known and lovedCatherine Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03347093496361370174noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post-2571379371108092832010-07-13T08:43:20.458-07:002010-07-13T08:43:20.458-07:00I thought Huckleberry Finn was on the outs because...<i>I thought Huckleberry Finn was on the outs because the vocabulary and language were far too advanced for teen readers of the 21st Century. </i><br /><br />lolllll --- <br /><br />momof4 - that's horrifying.<br /><br />I read an interesting factoid re: vocabulary.<br /><br />Actually, I think I'll put that up as a post.Catherine Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03347093496361370174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post-67659252574707483152010-07-12T07:45:33.784-07:002010-07-12T07:45:33.784-07:00They might not be reading the original, as written...They might not be reading the original, as written. Some years ago, I read a comparison of a section of the original with two subsequent versions in (serial) common use in the schools. Night and day. The first still had some flavor of the original, but not the second; the dialect was pretty much gone, the language cleaned up and the vocabulary/sentence structure reduced to simple and dull. Everything that made it a worthwhile assignment was gone. I didn't think it was worth reading, but I think that about much of what is done/assigned in school.momof4noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post-54667904749896419232010-07-10T18:36:25.389-07:002010-07-10T18:36:25.389-07:00I thought Huckleberry Finn was on the outs because...I thought Huckleberry Finn was on the outs because the vocabulary and language were far too advanced for teen readers of the 21st Century.LynnGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11467061079495021347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post-63258950187348398562010-07-10T12:25:13.872-07:002010-07-10T12:25:13.872-07:00Gee, I thought that Huckleberry Finn was on the ou...Gee, I thought that Huckleberry Finn was on the outs because the last I heard, it was racist. At least that's what Jane Smiley opined about in an Atlantic Monthly some years ago, and others have echoed the same.Bruce Waynenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post-65736040562983851892010-07-10T12:25:04.322-07:002010-07-10T12:25:04.322-07:00Gee, I thought that Huckleberry Finn was on the ou...Gee, I thought that Huckleberry Finn was on the outs because the last I heard, it was racist. At least that's what Jane Smiley opined about in an Atlantic Monthly some years ago, and others have echoed the same.Bruce Waynenoreply@blogger.com