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minus-squareBigDiction@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·12 days 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-squareJyek@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 days 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
minus-squareDarkFuture@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·11 days 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?
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.
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
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?