JD's comments
(member since Jun 15, 2008)
JD's comments from the Banned Books group.
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One of my sixth graders asked me if that was true one time, and I told him that it was, so all of a sudden Shel Silverstein was cool again. I told them that he also wrote songs for Dr. Hook and the Medecine Show, but that was lost on them.
When speaking of Shel Silverstein let us not forget that he was the original cartoonist for Playboy Magazine.
I am a sixth grade teacher and I have run into this issue as well. The way I handle it is to be completely upfront about it. The kids understand why some subjects are taboo, even if they don't understand the topics themselves.
