re: #377 ClaudeMonet

Amen to that. His goal was to promote the Socialist Party; instead he was a prime (but not sole) mover in the creation of the FDA.

When The Jungle was on our required reading list in 10th grade Advanced English, some of the young ladies couldn’t finish the book, claiming the descriptions were “too gross”. They changed their tune when the teacher (female) told them they had two choices—read it or fail. Imagine trying that on students today.

There’s a lot of challenging things I’d like to try on students today (as long as we’re talking college, that is), but forcing them to read anything sounds like a lost cause from the git-go.