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alyaza [they/she]@beehaw.orgM to Literature@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years ago

Sci-fi books are rare in school even though they help kids better understand science

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Sci-fi books are rare in school even though they help kids better understand science

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alyaza [they/she]@beehaw.orgM to Literature@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years ago
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Despite their scarcity, science fiction books are highly sought after by elementary school students.
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  • PerogiBoi
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    My grade 4 teacher didn’t allow us to use sci fi books for book reports 🤷‍♂️

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      Meanwhile my favorite part of 4th grade was hearing our teacher give voices to all the different aliens in the Aliens Ate My Homework series.

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    For certain definitions of scifi.

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      Yeah, like I don’t think Vonnegut would count lol. Sure learn a lot about people, the human condition, though.

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        I was thinking star wars, but yeah, Vonnegut too

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