Help us remove the book, The Chocolate War from the Mobile County Public School Systems required reading list for Eighth Graders
Below you will find a press release about the Mobile County School system requiring children in the eight grade to read The Chocolate War, by Richard Cormier. This petition's intent is to get the scho... continue reading »
"is it any wonder parents are SICK of the Mobile County School Board and public schools in general?"
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"awful for anyone of any age. please have no reading of trash like this. May God forgive us for teaching our children things like this. Where is the school board."
"please take this book out of our public schools"
"I nor my child has read the book. We are not going to. The children will suffer, once again in not turning in a report on this book and will receive a failing grade. This is so sad. Lord help us all."
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"Please choose a different book."
"There are so many great books to read. Why this garbage?"
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"Degradation of the innocence of youth"
"not suitable for children pf any age"
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"WE are responsible for shaping our children's minds and futures....there is a better choice of reading theat would give positive results"
"This is repulsive!"
"disgusting"
"Take it off the reading list immediately!!!!!! please."
"Please remove this book! Thank You!"
"I along with other people want this removed from the school system. I may not have any children, but I deal with children everyday in my line of work."
"This kind of language is inappropriate to be in any kind of book much less a book being read by middle school students. This is telling our kids that it is okay to use this kind of language."
"This material should be read only at a college level. Profanity and sexual perversion should not be required study in primary education. Children are facing so much already in the "regular world" and do not need to be force-fed sexual information as a mai"
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"And you wonder why there are so many problems with the youth today....."
"This type of reading material is not appropriate for reqired reading in our public schools"
"I'm shocked & appauled that this book could ever be required reading material."