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Interesting comment about Maniac Magee. When we encountered the "bad words" in the story, we talked about how the author used them to paint a better character picture of the main character and his friends, how the language| related to his life, social environment, etc. The children did not overreact or "ooh and aah"--they accepted it as an author's technique. Funny how we approach issues in such vastly different ways--I guess that's what makes teaching so unique and different for all of us! As for uttering a "bad" word or not, let's face it, it can happen. An apology and determined effort to not do it again | |
will suffice--we all make errors, and unfortunately, in this day of television, video games, and music (if we can actually call some it that) our students have heard more than we ever heard when we were growing up. Sad, but true, I think some of them are desensitized to it. Anyone else have a thought on this?
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