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minus-squareBigDiction@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 month agoIt’s wild that Texas even wants to mandate a reading list at the state level. Aren’t there just simple regional differences to account for? I wouldn’t expect a school in San Diego to mandate reading John Steinbeck whose stories are mainly set in Central and Northern California for example.
minus-squareDarkFuture@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 month agoWell they can’t spread their Christian Nationalism (Nat-C) ideology far and wide if they keep it regional. And if you’re using tax payer dollars to violate the Constitution, why not go big?
minus-squareJyek@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoI actually grew up in Central California and both Grapes of Wrath and East of Eden were required reading for us in junior/high school
It’s wild that Texas even wants to mandate a reading list at the state level. Aren’t there just simple regional differences to account for?
I wouldn’t expect a school in San Diego to mandate reading John Steinbeck whose stories are mainly set in Central and Northern California for example.
Well they can’t spread their Christian Nationalism (Nat-C) ideology far and wide if they keep it regional.
And if you’re using tax payer dollars to violate the Constitution, why not go big?
I actually grew up in Central California and both Grapes of Wrath and East of Eden were required reading for us in junior/high school