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Brave New World Controversy
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Something 10th graders at Nathan Hale High School in Seattle did was so upsetting to a student and her mom that it's resulted in a curriculum
change at the school, and apologies from the principal.
What were they doing? Reading. Reading Aldous Huxley's Brave New World as part of their language arts curriculum.
While the book is the center of a new controversy in Seattle, the debate
about the fictional story has gone on for decades. The American Library
Association ranks Brave New World as number 36 on the list of the top
100 books people have either banned or tried to ban.
Set in the year 2540, the book depicts a world in which everyone's life is
predetermined. Boys and girls are conditioned at birth to fulfill
already designated societal roles. As a result, everyone grows up happy.
Or, almost everyone. The conflict in the novel arises when a few people
try to fight the system that's running and ruining their lives.
Sarah Sense-Wilson's daughter was required to read the novel for a class at
Nathan Hale. She is Native American, and her heart started to sink as
she turned the pages to find more than 30 references to "savage
natives."
"She was very upset and she said, 'Mom I need to tell you something, but I don't want you to get mad. There's a book I have to
read in my class and it portrays Indian people as being savages and
living on reservations,'" Sense-Wilson says.
She tried to read the book for herself.
"I was outraged when I read through the book. I had to keep putting it
down because it was so hurtful," says Sense-Wilson. "It was traumatizing
to read how Indian people were being depicted."
The text has a "high volume of racially offensive derogatory language and
misinformation on Native Americans. In addition to the inaccurate
imagery, and stereotype views, the text lacks literary value which is
relevant to today's contemporary multicultural society," she wrote in a
complaint earlier this year to Nathan Hale and district administrators.
How important is Brave New World for the 10th grade language arts curriculum at Nathan Hale?
The chair of the language arts department, Shannon Conner, defended the
merits of the book calling it a "superb warning book about our future.
Huxley cautions his future readers from becoming too reliant on, and
compliant with, technology." But at the same time, the high school
apologized and determined that the "cultural insensitivity embedded in
this book makes it an inappropriate choice as a central text in our 10th
grade curriculum."
They are no longer using the book. Sense-Wilson says she's "proud of" the way Nathan Hale has responded.
"They've really listened, they have invited us to be part of the school, they
now have a a native club and they're extending themselves to really try
to repair that damage," she says.
Why is this book still an issue? Sense-Wilson wants other high schools in Seattle to stop using it
in their curriculum too. The Seattle School board is meeting this
afternoon to discuss the use of the book Brave New World.
Sense-Wilson wants to make her position clear. She is not trying to ban the book.
"We are not about book burning and we're not radicals," she says. "We're
not trying to in any way censor that book, we're just saying it does not
belong in high school. It is not appropriate for the curriculum."
If the book is an important or interesting novel for teenagers, she suggests putting it in the library.
"Then if students want to go to the library and check that book out and read
it for their own entertainment, that's fine," says Sense-Wilson. "Most
of the kids I've talked to don't even like the book so I doubt it would
even get an audience in the library."
Incidentally, any resident in the Seattle school district, or any parent or guardian of a child
enrolled in the district, may challenge instructional materials schools
use. The district has a 10-step process to determine if the complaint
about a book or material is justified.
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You know, I had to head desk when I read this crap. Of all the things they gripe over, they gripe about this. I think people tend to forget that most of these novels in lit class are not politically correct nor are they reflective of our time and culture. Also the funny thing is, the "savages" Huxley wrote down in the book actually had freedom and were living on their own outside the influences of the state; in essence he actually was presenting them as the most free people in that world.
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Something 10th graders at Nathan Hale High School in Seattle did was so upsetting to a student and her mom that it's resulted in a curriculum
change at the school, and apologies from the principal.
What were they doing? Reading. Reading Aldous Huxley's Brave New World as part of their language arts curriculum.
While the book is the center of a new controversy in Seattle, the debate
about the fictional story has gone on for decades. The American Library
Association ranks Brave New World as number 36 on the list of the top
100 books people have either banned or tried to ban.
Set in the year 2540, the book depicts a world in which everyone's life is
predetermined. Boys and girls are conditioned at birth to fulfill
already designated societal roles. As a result, everyone grows up happy.
Or, almost everyone. The conflict in the novel arises when a few people
try to fight the system that's running and ruining their lives.
Sarah Sense-Wilson's daughter was required to read the novel for a class at
Nathan Hale. She is Native American, and her heart started to sink as
she turned the pages to find more than 30 references to "savage
natives."
"She was very upset and she said, 'Mom I need to tell you something, but I don't want you to get mad. There's a book I have to
read in my class and it portrays Indian people as being savages and
living on reservations,'" Sense-Wilson says.
She tried to read the book for herself.
"I was outraged when I read through the book. I had to keep putting it
down because it was so hurtful," says Sense-Wilson. "It was traumatizing
to read how Indian people were being depicted."
The text has a "high volume of racially offensive derogatory language and
misinformation on Native Americans. In addition to the inaccurate
imagery, and stereotype views, the text lacks literary value which is
relevant to today's contemporary multicultural society," she wrote in a
complaint earlier this year to Nathan Hale and district administrators.
How important is Brave New World for the 10th grade language arts curriculum at Nathan Hale?
The chair of the language arts department, Shannon Conner, defended the
merits of the book calling it a "superb warning book about our future.
Huxley cautions his future readers from becoming too reliant on, and
compliant with, technology." But at the same time, the high school
apologized and determined that the "cultural insensitivity embedded in
this book makes it an inappropriate choice as a central text in our 10th
grade curriculum."
They are no longer using the book. Sense-Wilson says she's "proud of" the way Nathan Hale has responded.
"They've really listened, they have invited us to be part of the school, they
now have a a native club and they're extending themselves to really try
to repair that damage," she says.
Why is this book still an issue? Sense-Wilson wants other high schools in Seattle to stop using it
in their curriculum too. The Seattle School board is meeting this
afternoon to discuss the use of the book Brave New World.
Sense-Wilson wants to make her position clear. She is not trying to ban the book.
"We are not about book burning and we're not radicals," she says. "We're
not trying to in any way censor that book, we're just saying it does not
belong in high school. It is not appropriate for the curriculum."
If the book is an important or interesting novel for teenagers, she suggests putting it in the library.
"Then if students want to go to the library and check that book out and read
it for their own entertainment, that's fine," says Sense-Wilson. "Most
of the kids I've talked to don't even like the book so I doubt it would
even get an audience in the library."
Incidentally, any resident in the Seattle school district, or any parent or guardian of a child
enrolled in the district, may challenge instructional materials schools
use. The district has a 10-step process to determine if the complaint
about a book or material is justified.
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You know, I had to head desk when I read this crap. Of all the things they gripe over, they gripe about this. I think people tend to forget that most of these novels in lit class are not politically correct nor are they reflective of our time and culture. Also the funny thing is, the "savages" Huxley wrote down in the book actually had freedom and were living on their own outside the influences of the state; in essence he actually was presenting them as the most free people in that world.
Tags: brave, controversy, huxley, new, world
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Permalink Reply by SpikeGhost on -
i am against censorship of any kind (unless it gets really offensive for the sake of being offensive and mean). But maybe these people were just too young to understand that it was written in a time where people were thinking differently. i know you are not very young in 10th grade, but i dunno... at least it's still at the library, but then again people don't seem to want to rush out to read it. I think if the teacher explains how society was when it was written it would be understood better.
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Permalink Reply by Valo Palomares on -
We read The Road in my school. Why in the hell would they get pissed over Brave New World?
Kids today man.
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Permalink Reply by steven cowie on -
talk about missing the point or what....i refer here to the article and not any posters....teacher leave those kids alone.....
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Permalink Reply by SketchedLilly on -
Agreed! Obviously the teacher is simply having the class read the book, and isn't doing a very good job of going over what it means. I've had teachers like this...they didn't teach underlying messages or the point of the literature. They browsed it for sentence structure and had us do book reports on simple character relationships.
This is a major flaw in the structure of the educational union. Many teachers will be adept at something, but be placed to teach something else in order to fill gaps and cater to the ranks of the union. They can end up waiting for years in an ill fitted position shoveling out text book regurgitations of stuff they care little about.
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Permalink Reply by Mike M. on -
I read this book when I was in grade 12, and it is shocking in how they depict acts of sex and the conditioning of children. However, the complaint about the depiction of Aboriginals in the book is misdirected. First off, they're people on a reserve, it doesn't even state Aboriginal heritage, as much as people who just refuse to play along with the civilization.
The main character from that point on is someone who lived in the reserve (and is educated enough to know the works of Shakespeare,) who is disgusted at what he sees. After being paraded around the guy fights back, and it is strongly hinted at the end of the book that his efforts might have changed society.
It is too bad that this book is no longer being taught there. This book helped me to realize how conditioned I really am, and how different conditioning effects peoples values all over the world. Most students won't read it unless they get credit for it, because it is science fiction, and in my school, almost no one read sci-fi unless they had to.
Thanks for bringing this to my attention DHood90
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Permalink Reply by Morgan_Hiller on -
She kind of destroyed her own point at the end.
"Then if students want to go to the library and check that book out and read
it for their own entertainment, that's fine," says Sense-Wilson. "Most
of the kids I've talked to don't even like the book so I doubt it would
even get an audience in the library."
That's why these books are on the curriculum, because kids wouldn't read them otherwise.
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Permalink Reply by KeithG on -
WOW. Is all I can say.
From my view point. Books that are in High School curriculums are, by all intents and purposes, old. These books offer ideals from different eras. The writings also reflect on the viewpoints of their particular era and create fictional futures within the world of a particular society. These books are not only literature and samples of writing, but are also lessons in history and in culture. They are meant to challenge the reader to understand and question it's contents. This is the basis for higher learning– to expose these children to information that is outside of their understanding.
By banning these books, I feel, that schools are impeding these students growth and understanding. I myself have read A Brave New World, I hated it. I thought, and still do hate the book. I tried reading it again, it didn't stick. I still think it's boring. But it keeps me thinking. I still think of Tom Sawyer, Romeo and Juliet, A Separate Piece, The Old Man and the Sea, Hamlet, etc, etc. By banning books, schools are making their system more and more shallow. Students are the ones that loose out.
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Permalink Reply by Mike Mc on -
This is what happens when critical analysis is stripped out of English classes. The kids aren't being taught to look for symbolism, they're taking it on face value. Score one for teaching the test.
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Permalink Reply by Andi Aznaran on
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Paranoid people, they will always be afraid of fiction.
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Permalink Reply by Jon, Gallifrey's Mindfreak on -
This reminds me of how I feel about stupid people.....
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