‘Of Mice & Men’ On CSB Agenda

“Of Mice and Men” could receive a reprieve tonight in the Coeur d’Alene School District. Or, the popular Steinbeck novella may be removed from ninth-grade required reading lists. During this evening’s school board meeting, trustees will consider whether to accept the recommendation of an ad hoc curriculum committee that concluded in April that “Of Mice and Men” contains too much profanity and is too “negative” for full-class reading and should be used only in small groups. “This book had 102 profanities in 110 pages and the story is neither a quality story nor a page turner,” wrote committee member Mary Jo Finney, in an April statement to the committee before the group voted on the Steinbeck book. “I realize it is considered a ‘classic,’ so I have looked up the definition of classic and I will have to agree to disagree”/ Maureen Dolan , Coeur d’Alene Press. More here .

Question: Have you read “Of Mice & Men”?