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Simply Just
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 Posted: March 27, 2008 11:06 am Post subject: Harry Potter in class? |
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If this has been discussed already (which I'm sure it has), then you don't exactly need to keep reading...
Now, I know this may and most likely will raise some controversy (if the topic is viewed and replied to enough), but I personally think that Harry Potter should be taught or in the very least, read to young students in class. Although this may never happen because of the religious right in the country, but it would be something that could be enjoyed and open more childrens' minds to the imagination that J.K. Rowling was so brilliant as to bestow upon us.
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GinnyX
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| Posted: March 27, 2008 11:40 am Post subject: Re: Harry Potter in class? |
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| Simply Just wrote: |
| Although this may never happen because of the religious right in the country, but it would be something that could be enjoyed and open more childrens' minds to the imagination that J.K. Rowling was so brilliant as to bestow upon us. |
HP is being taught in in schools.
http://www.potterforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=15818
Some elementary schools and middle schools, high schools, and even colleges have added HP to their curriculum. Of course not every school is going to agree. School boards, teachers, and parents have pushed for ages to getbooks taken off the curriculum and even banned. People are crazy, lol.
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ray_30579
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I'm personally against it.
Although it's for other reasons.
From personal experience I can say that HP is very addicting.
So schoolwork will definitely suffer.  |
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chapman
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At my school we have this thing where you read the selected book and have lunch with the other kids that also read it and talk about it in the library. I asked the librarina if HP could be one and she simply said no.
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| Posted: March 27, 2008 9:43 pm Post subject: |
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SS was read to me in the third grade. its been read to small children prolly for years! (btw this was when it first came out in the US so it was long long time ago and i remember in fifth grade i moved to another school and they read the last chapters to PoA)
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| Posted: March 27, 2008 9:53 pm Post subject: Re: Harry Potter in class? |
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| GinnyX wrote: |
| Simply Just wrote: |
| Although this may never happen because of the religious right in the country, but it would be something that could be enjoyed and open more childrens' minds to the imagination that J.K. Rowling was so brilliant as to bestow upon us. |
HP is being taught in in schools.
http://www.potterforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=15818
Some elementary schools and middle schools, high schools, and even colleges have added HP to their curriculum. Of course not every school is going to agree. School boards, teachers, and parents have pushed for ages to getbooks taken off the curriculum and even banned. People are crazy, lol. |
That is how I was first introduced to HP.. Way back in 6th grade(Elementary for where I live).. My teacher read SS for us.. I dont remember why.. but she did lol.
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Simply Just
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| Posted: March 29, 2008 8:42 am Post subject: |
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I was never read HP in my elementary school, or rather, any school I ever attended. My sister, however, was read to from it by her teacher a couple weeks ago and it just made me think about this topic.
On my own, I started reading HP when it first came out (when I was seven). That was... wow... eleven years ago! Holy crap, I'm old! lol
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bery26
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| Posted: March 29, 2008 10:50 am Post subject: |
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| ray_30579 wrote: |
I'm personally against it.
Although it's for other reasons.
From personal experience I can say that HP is very addicting.
So schoolwork will definitely suffer. |
yeah lol im sure i wouldnt have done very well in the rest of my classes at school if i had been taught hp stuff
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ray_30579
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| Posted: March 31, 2008 5:22 pm Post subject: |
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I was speaking out of personal experience.
I was actually stuck with my thesis because of HP. |
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bery26
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| Posted: March 31, 2008 6:08 pm Post subject: |
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| ray_30579 wrote: |
I was speaking out of personal experience.
I was actually stuck with my thesis because of HP. |
yeah but u didnt have hp classes right?
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ray_30579
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| Posted: March 31, 2008 6:44 pm Post subject: |
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| Thank God no. |
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lozinja
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| Posted: April 1, 2008 3:46 am Post subject: |
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in yr eight english we read it and watched star wars and had to write an essay on the similarities. they've had to do that in year eight every year for i don't know how many years.
i loved doing that. i don't know about it being compolsary for all schools but i think it would be a good book for all school to consider putting on the curriculum.
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Samee
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| Posted: April 4, 2008 9:36 am Post subject: |
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| yaaaa hp books moral rectitude in them it has taught me sssssoooooooooooo much!! others shud also get this chance!! i lik dem |
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The Potions Master
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| Posted: April 6, 2008 2:57 am Post subject: |
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| ray_30579 wrote: |
I'm personally against it.
Although it's for other reasons.
From personal experience I can say that HP is very addicting.
So schoolwork will definitely suffer. |
All I can say is, lol.
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bery26
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| Posted: April 9, 2008 8:14 am Post subject: |
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| Thank God no. |
i didnt even have to get hp classes for it to distract me, when book 5 came out there were classes going on here (you know, cause here in the south we're in winter on july) and i read a lot of it during my classes
arent i a good role model? 
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maximus55669
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| Posted: May 2, 2008 4:22 pm Post subject: |
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I think it would be a great idea to teach it in school. The one thing that i think is suffering in america at least is that kids don't value the written word so much. If you ask someone if they would rather read the book or watch the movie, most would say watch the movie and it saddens me because i pride myself on being an avid reader. Harry potter is a very addictive series and I believe it would interest students to pursue other works of literature. as for the religious aspect...i don't really care. Every work of fiction can be brought to parallels of religious figures and the fact that it deals with supernatural/wizardry, doesn't count for anything. This is a story of compassion, the power of love and family, facing fear, facing death and ultimately coming to grips with mortality. What i have listed is only the tip of the iceberg and every student should have the chance...at least the option of reading this wonderful series.
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pottergirl66
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what i don't get is why do realy religious people read lord of the rings and not harry potter when lord of the rings, it seems, would be much more offensive to these people cause at least in HP they celibrate religius holidays? that just doesn't make sense
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shewhoshouldnotbenamed
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| Posted: May 2, 2008 4:47 pm Post subject: |
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im religious and i like LotR and HP
anyways at university you can get a diploma in Harry Potter studies |
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habs4life9
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| You know what? Too many people would recognize the flaws in the book if it were being formally taught, and may refuse to study it as legitimate literature. I always say that if Rowling had written Star Wars, half the characters who had died on the Death Star in the first movie would have come back in The Empire Strikes Back. she is THAT inconsistent. |
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lozinja
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| Posted: May 2, 2008 9:11 pm Post subject: |
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| habs4life9 wrote: |
| You know what? Too many people would recognize the flaws in the book if it were being formally taught, and may refuse to study it as legitimate literature. I always say that if Rowling had written Star Wars, half the characters who had died on the Death Star in the first movie would have come back in The Empire Strikes Back. she is THAT inconsistent. |
not true. rowling always says that it's impossible to come back from the dead. but yeh ur first point about that made sense
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bery26
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| Posted: May 2, 2008 11:34 pm Post subject: |
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| habs4life9 wrote: |
| You know what? Too many people would recognize the flaws in the book if it were being formally taught, and may refuse to study it as legitimate literature |
wtf? refuse it to study it as legitimate literature? then what is it, a magazine or something to you? 
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GinnyX
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| Posted: May 3, 2008 9:57 am Post subject: |
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anyways at university you can get a diploma in Harry Potter studies |
I want that diploma. 
The religious aspects of the book do not actually bother me, since so many classic works contain religious works. Religion is a part of most cultures, whether you practice it or choose not to.
It bothers me that people try to ban the books because of religious reasons, but not other books, like the Chronicles of Narnia. That book is way more religious based than most other popular chidren's books. But it is a great work of literature filled with gerat fantasy stories for kids, so I don't see why it couldn't be taught... same thing with Harry Potter books.
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historyy
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| Posted: May 3, 2008 10:27 am Post subject: Re: Harry Potter in class? |
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If this has been discussed already (which I'm sure it has), then you don't exactly need to keep reading...
Now, I know this may and most likely will raise some controversy (if the topic is viewed and replied to enough), but I personally think that Harry Potter should be taught or in the very least, read to young students in class. Although this may never happen because of the religious right in the country, but it would be something that could be enjoyed and open more childrens' minds to the imagination that J.K. Rowling was so brilliant as to bestow upon us. |
We read the whole first 4 books when I was in school (:
It was awesome.
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| Posted: May 3, 2008 10:41 am Post subject: |
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i went to school before harry potter but i think it is an excellent idea to have it in schools. too many kids now a days dont read and the allure of magic and violence can bring forth literacy.
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