http://bookkake.com/2009/01/09/the-little-red-schoolbook/ Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 17 Apr 2012 11:22:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://bookkake.com/2009/01/09/the-little-red-schoolbook/#comment-44460 Kate Tue, 17 Apr 2012 11:22:02 +0000 http://bookkake.com/?p=477#comment-44460 I was given the book when I was 12 by my social worker stepmother. My mother had died. I went to a small country school. I loved the book and lent it to a schoolfriend. Her parents complained to the school that I had the book at school. Then, my schoolfriend and others, probably from the same church, were not allowed to be friends with me any more. I had been brought up that it was ok to share books. I didn't know until later why I had become unacceptable. Considering the community, my age and naievity, I think it was ill conceived to give ofthe book. To have the rejection explained at the time would have helped me not take it so personally too. I was given the book when I was 12 by my social worker stepmother. My mother had died. I went to a small country school. I loved the book and lent it to a schoolfriend. Her parents complained to the school that I had the book at school. Then, my schoolfriend and others, probably from the same church, were not allowed to be friends with me any more. I had been brought up that it was ok to share books. I didn’t know until later why I had become unacceptable. Considering the community, my age and naievity, I think it was ill conceived to give ofthe book. To have the rejection explained at the time would have helped me not take it so personally too.

]]> http://bookkake.com/2009/01/09/the-little-red-schoolbook/#comment-24850 norman douglas Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:19:20 +0000 http://bookkake.com/?p=477#comment-24850 i remember this book. the sex and drugs sections were frank and helpful to myself and several of my peers. but being a voracious reader, i got through those passages and found myself even more inspired by the chapters on student politics. using the little red schoolbook--given to me, incidentally, by my brother, 6 years my senior--we went about establishing a student council. this was the 6th grade. the year was either 1971 or 1972. the nightly news programs were full of death and mayhem, straight from vietnam to our minds. our teachers were helpful. my parents found it amusing. the obsession with the sex & drugs says more about the depravity & corruption of adults opposed to the book than about kids or the book's adult supporters. kids loved it, as it was frank, and talked to us, rather than at us or down to us. i'd love to see it reprinted for today's youth. a very helpful publication for the pubescent beings among us. a welcome antidote to the dictatorship of fundamentalism toward which we appear to be dangerously aimed. i remember this book. the sex and drugs sections were frank and helpful to myself and several of my peers. but being a voracious reader, i got through those passages and found myself even more inspired by the chapters on student politics. using the little red schoolbook–given to me, incidentally, by my brother, 6 years my senior–we went about establishing a student council. this was the 6th grade. the year was either 1971 or 1972. the nightly news programs were full of death and mayhem, straight from vietnam to our minds. our teachers were helpful. my parents found it amusing. the obsession with the sex & drugs says more about the depravity & corruption of adults opposed to the book than about kids or the book’s adult supporters. kids loved it, as it was frank, and talked to us, rather than at us or down to us. i’d love to see it reprinted for today’s youth. a very helpful publication for the pubescent beings among us. a welcome antidote to the dictatorship of fundamentalism toward which we appear to be dangerously aimed.

]]> http://bookkake.com/2009/01/09/the-little-red-schoolbook/#comment-203 Bookkake Mon, 19 Jan 2009 20:17:29 +0000 http://bookkake.com/?p=477#comment-203 Oops - thank you for that, and for the kind comments. Oops – thank you for that, and for the kind comments.

]]> http://bookkake.com/2009/01/09/the-little-red-schoolbook/#comment-201 Maarten Sun, 18 Jan 2009 18:21:42 +0000 http://bookkake.com/?p=477#comment-201 Oh! It's originally Danish. Oh! It’s originally Danish.

]]> http://bookkake.com/2009/01/09/the-little-red-schoolbook/#comment-200 Maarten Sun, 18 Jan 2009 18:20:51 +0000 http://bookkake.com/?p=477#comment-200 Swedish, not Dutch. Nice weblog you have. Swedish, not Dutch. Nice weblog you have.

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