DISTURBING book assigned to my son by his English teacher

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JimGorch

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Hello everyone.

My son recently brought home a book his English teacher assigned him to read, The Raw Materials of Futility.

To give some background, we are a Christian family and go to church every Sunday, I have raised my kids to believe in Jesus and it is important to me that they have their faith to lean on in times of emotional struggle.

My son is 13 and brought home this book, started reading it and came to me because it scared him. I started reading and was floored that a teacher would assign this to a very young teenager. The book is full of scenes depicting rape, child molestation, murder, cannibalism, and devil worship. The book actually GLORIFIES all of these things. Worst of all though is the blasphemy. The author mocks and insults God repeatedly throughout the book, and even rewrites parts of The Bible to make fun of it.

I’ve made a call to the principle and we are having a meeting tomorrow with the teacher, and they are all going to get a piece of my mind about who in the world could think this was appropriate reading to assign a 13 YEAR OLD.

Fellow Christian parents, mind what your kids are reading! There is so much negativity and filth out there right now trying to poison our kids minds against God and against the church. It’s UNREAL.
 
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I just looked up the title of the book, and if the author is Stephen A. Mier, then you weren't kidding. The man's mind is beyond perverted.

I found his Twitter account where he tweeted excerpts of his disgusting book, and they were all blasphemous, riddled with curse words, and references to r*pe. He even jokingly tweeted "Hail S***n." This sick man is happy to be in bed with the devil, period. I can't believe a teacher is even ALLOWED to assign 13-year-olds to read this garbage! There was nothing educational or meaningful about it as far as I saw, just gratuitous, Godless filth!

Not only should you let the teacher have it, I think it would be best if you (and ALL Christian parents) pulled their kids out of public "education" and homeschooled them.
 
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This book appears to be the extreme end of bad. A 13 year old is too young for these particular topics. I am not against exploring books with uncomfortable topics (lord of the flies, catcher in the rye, etc) but this book is too extreme esp for a 13 year old.
 
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JimGorch said:
Fellow Christian parents, mind what your kids are reading! There is so much negativity and filth out there right now trying to poison our kids minds against God and against the church. It’s UNREAL.
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Agreed. That was totally unacceptable. In fact criminal.

If there is any possibility of home schooling your son, now is the time to pull him out of the system completely. And if that is not feasible, perhaps attending another home school or a Christian school.
 
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woah

Ive not heard of this book...and Im around books all the time (librarian)
I would be having words with this English teacher if this was assigned in a school I worked in.

I do remember being assigned at university a play to read with the title 'shopping and f------g' for English drama but I was 17-18 at the time and could handle it. (nasty, horrible play though...glad I never saw it performed)

There will always be elements of violence and horrible things within books (Bible itself has some gruesome episodes) but if the overall themes are evil triumphing over good I would definitely question this choice of reading matter.
 
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Sometimes naively assumed gatekeepers of children's wellbeing, prove to have been psychologically abusive, as proven through certificated scientific psychometric testing.
 
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Sometimes naively assumed gatekeepers of children's wellbeing, prove to have been psychologically abusive, as proven through certificated scientific psychometric testing.
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Perpetrators may in a court of law, be found guilty of criminality and liability for civil damages to a proven victim, with civil liabilities with regards to professional counselling by a professional team prayer councillors and of psychiatrists and/or psychologist, who has a similar belief and faith of that of the victim.

http://humansarefree.com
 
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JimGorch said:
Hello everyone.

My son recently brought home a book his English teacher assigned him to read, The Raw Materials of Futility.

To give some background, we are a Christian family and go to church every Sunday, I have raised my kids to believe in Jesus and it is important to me that they have their faith to lean on in times of emotional struggle.

My son is 13 and brought home this book, started reading it and came to me because it scared him. I started reading and was floored that a teacher would assign this to a very young teenager. The book is full of scenes depicting rape, child molestation, murder, cannibalism, and devil worship. The book actually GLORIFIES all of these things. Worst of all though is the blasphemy. The author mocks and insults God repeatedly throughout the book, and even rewrites parts of The Bible to make fun of it.

I’ve made a call to the principle and we are having a meeting tomorrow with the teacher, and they are all going to get a piece of my mind about who in the world could think this was appropriate reading to assign a 13 YEAR OLD.

Fellow Christian parents, mind what your kids are reading! There is so much negativity and filth out there right now trying to poison our kids minds against God and against the church. It’s UNREAL.
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Great job!! Stay diligent. This is happening everywhere and usually it is more hidden. So look through things every now and then. Look at the curriculum. Walk the halls in your public school. Raise objections with the backing of your church at the school board meeting. Prepare a Christian leader to run for school board.
 
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I once refused to read a book in University. Didn't affect my grades. You are doing the right thing and if possible, would you be able to find other like minded parents?

Seems that book is bad enough that even non-Christians would object.
 
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JimGorch said:
Hello everyone.

My son recently brought home a book his English teacher assigned him to read, The Raw Materials of Futility.

To give some background, we are a Christian family and go to church every Sunday, I have raised my kids to believe in Jesus and it is important to me that they have their faith to lean on in times of emotional struggle.

My son is 13 and brought home this book, started reading it and came to me because it scared him. I started reading and was floored that a teacher would assign this to a very young teenager. The book is full of scenes depicting rape, child molestation, murder, cannibalism, and devil worship. The book actually GLORIFIES all of these things. Worst of all though is the blasphemy. The author mocks and insults God repeatedly throughout the book, and even rewrites parts of The Bible to make fun of it.

I’ve made a call to the principle and we are having a meeting tomorrow with the teacher, and they are all going to get a piece of my mind about who in the world could think this was appropriate reading to assign a 13 YEAR OLD.

Fellow Christian parents, mind what your kids are reading! There is so much negativity and filth out there right now trying to poison our kids minds against God and against the church. It’s UNREAL.
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My prayers for you brother. Please keep us informed as to how the meeting goes.

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If there is any possibility of home schooling your son, now is the time to pull him out of the system completely.
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This is an option that we as parents often overlook, or think "I can't do that" :eek: ( I know- I was one of them) but oh what a difference it makes!!! @JimGorch if homeschool is an option you consider, there are plenty of us "homeschool families" here that can help point you in that "getting started" direction.

In the meantime, I would advise also going ABOVE the principle to your school district with these concerns.
 
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This is the very reason I advocate for homeschool. The schools are a den of predators that want to destroy your children's faith in God and subject them to their perversions.
I'm glad you caught it and are doing something about it. They just keep pushing the lines.
 
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JimGorch said:
Hello everyone.

My son recently brought home a book his English teacher assigned him to read, The Raw Materials of Futility.

To give some background, we are a Christian family and go to church every Sunday, I have raised my kids to believe in Jesus and it is important to me that they have their faith to lean on in times of emotional struggle.

My son is 13 and brought home this book, started reading it and came to me because it scared him. I started reading and was floored that a teacher would assign this to a very young teenager. The book is full of scenes depicting rape, child molestation, murder, cannibalism, and devil worship. The book actually GLORIFIES all of these things. Worst of all though is the blasphemy. The author mocks and insults God repeatedly throughout the book, and even rewrites parts of The Bible to make fun of it.

I’ve made a call to the principle and we are having a meeting tomorrow with the teacher, and they are all going to get a piece of my mind about who in the world could think this was appropriate reading to assign a 13 YEAR OLD.

Fellow Christian parents, mind what your kids are reading! There is so much negativity and filth out there right now trying to poison our kids minds against God and against the church. It’s UNREAL.
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I just looked it up online and it appears to have some weird kind of goth, trash/ punk rock connection. I can't understand how that could possibly make it a suitable english class curriculum. I'd march straight to the principals office and protest, loudly! As well as I'd call other parents and give them the 411/911 about what their children are being taught.
 
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:sick::sick::sick::sick::sick:
just read a few excerpts from this book
:sick::sick::sick::sick::sick:
must say as an adult, the explicit details and profanity are turning my stomach......
 
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JimGorch said:
Hello everyone.

My son recently brought home a book his English teacher assigned him to read, The Raw Materials of Futility.

To give some background, we are a Christian family and go to church every Sunday, I have raised my kids to believe in Jesus and it is important to me that they have their faith to lean on in times of emotional struggle.

My son is 13 and brought home this book, started reading it and came to me because it scared him. I started reading and was floored that a teacher would assign this to a very young teenager. The book is full of scenes depicting rape, child molestation, murder, cannibalism, and devil worship. The book actually GLORIFIES all of these things. Worst of all though is the blasphemy. The author mocks and insults God repeatedly throughout the book, and even rewrites parts of The Bible to make fun of it.

I’ve made a call to the principle and we are having a meeting tomorrow with the teacher, and they are all going to get a piece of my mind about who in the world could think this was appropriate reading to assign a 13 YEAR OLD.

Fellow Christian parents, mind what your kids are reading! There is so much negativity and filth out there right now trying to poison our kids minds against God and against the church. It’s UNREAL.
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SophieT said:
I once refused to read a book in University. Didn't affect my grades. You are doing the right thing and if possible, would you be able to find other like minded parents?

Seems that book is bad enough that even non-Christians would object.
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Good for you standing up for your beliefs! I’m sure God must be very proud ❤️
 
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CeeCee said:
Good for you standing up for your beliefs! I’m sure God must be very proud ❤️
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Well not sure about God being proud but I understand what you mean. The professor was ok with it actually. But this was some years back. :)
 
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SophieT said:
Well not sure about God being proud but I understand what you mean. The professor was ok with it actually. But this was some years back. :)
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What? Sophie you stood up for yourself Do you know how many people do not stand up for themselves it’s crazy? You go girl 😀
 
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CeeCee said:
What? Sophie you stood up for yourself Do you know how many people do not stand up for themselves it’s crazy? You go girl 😀
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LOL! OK then. Must be why I am not Miss popular :LOL:
 
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the author Stephen A. Mier, tweeted "Hail S***n."
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It can be prudent to be mindful that some people are part of religions that are hatefully antichristian. This applies to more than just Satanism. There are those who wish to subvert Christianity in many ways.

"And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world." - 1 John 4:3 (KJV)
 
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