Missing the Twain and No Absolutes. The Future for our Children?
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| Why do Common Core standards remove a piece of literature teaching absolute truth? |
Common Core standards mandate more scientific and non-fiction reading in public schools and less emphasis on literature. Huckleberry Finn has been removed from classrooms in Massachusetts as a result of these mandates. From Charles Chieppo and Jamie Gass, Schoolkids Missing the Twain from Telegram.com:
The Missouri of Clemens’ youth was a slave state. His family owned several slaves, and he was even a Confederate soldier for a few weeks. But Clemens came to be a powerful voice for civil rights. “Lincoln’s