Huck Finn Debate

I thought Mr. Beddingfield won the debate. You were very explicit in
your opening statement and rebuttals. However, I thought you had
curved what you said previously. If I recall, I thought you had said
the debate was for or against the ban of the book, not the mere debate
of whether or not it should be taught. Your opening statement was rather... skewed(?). I felt that it was hard to argue your point because it seemed to pertain to your own class (however I found it very funny when you basically implied that we're your guinea pigs, because we are to the school system.) But that isn't the point I'm
interested in making as I think it's irrelevent. In debates, I don't
think you're allowed to know the stance of your opponent until their
opening statement anyway. Overall, the debate felt as if both sides
were arguing on different stances: your's on it shouldn't be taught
and our's on why it should be banned - two different stances.


The debate was... amusing, I suppose. I liked the camareaderie amongst
my classmates and our attempt at in being coherent under a five minute
limit. It was difficult also. With more people, sharing each thought
was more difficult. In the end, the loudest and most imposing often
gets the their point through. Our rebuttals were very incoherent
compared to your's and ultimately, it was easier to form a coherent
rebuttal if you were by yourself. We're not a hive mind and we don't
have telepathy. Again, I liked the subject matter but not how it was
implemented.  And now to my shortened, tangential rant...


We fear being wrong that we're unwilling to ever take chances. we're socially conditioned to be biased in reltaion to history. We're conditioned to think socialism and communism are bad. yet, both have their merits and are considered good, overall. 


You taught us HoD and TFA. Are you endorsing your students to uphold the stereotypes depicted within those books? Generalize a whole entire race? to dehumanize people? That white people are merely missionaries bent on destroying cultures? As a rebuttal to your scenario, on an all-white class being taught Huck Finn, this class itself could be seen as it's antithesis. You're the only white (besides Diana, I suppose) person amongst us (and by that, I meant it objectively and not of racist implication) Are you endorsing us to think that white people are evil? Conversely, you don't uphold those vices we've seen within the books. 


I think every novel (well everything really) is subjective.  Maybe it's my fondness for Solipsism, haha. Huck Finn is only giving a starker contrast. Why should students be "protected" all the time? Innocence of mind? We didn't ask for it. We want to be better people and determine for ourselves, our own opinion. A teacher shouldn't just be a sage of the stage, but also a guide of the side. But only I can speak for myself. Huck Finn also, on a more introspective level, is less about racism and more about what it meant to be a human and to treat one another with human qualities.