Eden

Being an American and one who works in the education system I can tell you that the goal when reading any literature is to talk it through and process what has been read. Granted the prejudices of the teacher and the time is going to come into play as will the value system of the school itself particularly if it is a private/religious school. Personally, I think the trend has gone too far the other way to banning anything unpc or controversial instead of allowing kids to read it and teaching them how to put things in context and be more discriminating readers.