IS THIS BULLSHIT OR APPROPRIATE?

[HairOfTheDog]

Alrighty! It pains me to discover that I'm not nearly as open minded as I think I am. I'm a little freaked out hearing a man say a lot of that.

It's a highly provocative poem, no doubt. Ginsberg wasn't subtle.

To me, Olio seems like a great educator and one who wants students to be affected (positively or negatively) by the literature they're analyzing, and then be able to develop and articulate their opinions about the works effectively.

Here he is teaching a class about close collaborative reading for The Teaching Channel, incorporating Core Standards.
https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/a...hoices-nea

If he'd been teaching younger students, I'd say it was definitely an inappropriate poem for the classroom due to its sexual explicitness. For college prep and senior students, I'm not sure and I'm not surprised that some students and parents complained to the school board.

(If Olio had used "Please Master" in a college setting, I'd have no mixed feelings -- all for getting the brains and tongues stirred up with some Ginsberg.)