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[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 97 points 2 months ago (4 children)

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

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 26 points 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

[–] nick@midwest.social 20 points 2 months ago

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

[–] GrabtharsHammer@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

That was 5th grade for me. I still wonder what that teacher was thinking.

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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!

[–] GrabtharsHammer@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

It was discussed chapter by chapter. And we watched the movie version after for good measure.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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.

[–] kryllic@programming.dev 4 points 2 months ago

Was making sure this had a mention. This was brutal to read in 6th grade at 10 in the morning.