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<P DIR=3DLTR><SPAN LANG=3D"en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-au"><FONT SIZE=3D2=
FACE=3D"Arial">This is a little bit of an unusual request but there is a ve=
ry valid reason for asking I assure you.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=3DLTR><SPAN LANG=3D"en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-au"><FONT SIZE=3D2=
FACE=3D"Arial">Can anyone suggest an Australian classic book that would sti=
ll be considered a little controversial if studied at a school because of it=
</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-au"><FONT SIZE=3D=
2 FACE=3D"Arial">=92</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"=
en-au"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">s content.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=3DLTR><SPAN LANG=3D"en-au"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">The equivale=
nt in the US</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-au"><=
FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial"> for example</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-au">=
</SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-au"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial"> might be somethin=
g like Huckleberry Finn or To Kill a Mockingbird (although I</FONT></SPAN><S=
PAN LANG=3D"en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-au"> <FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial=
">don=92t</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-au"><FON=
T SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial"> know how you would think of them as being controv=
ersial really</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-au">=
<FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">- perhaps they</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-a=
u"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-au"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">=92</FONT></SPA=
N><SPAN LANG=3D"en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-au"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Ar=
ial">re a little more conservative in the US</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-a=
u"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-au"> <FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">SYMBOL 74 \f &=
quot;Wingdings" \s 10</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LA=
NG=3D"en-au"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-au=
"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-au"> <FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">)</FONT></SPAN>=
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<P DIR=3DLTR><SPAN LANG=3D"en-au"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">I was thinki=
ng of Marking Time by John Doyle but it</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-au"></=
SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-au"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">=92</FONT></SPAN><SP=
AN LANG=3D"en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-au"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">=
s maybe not a classic and may not be well known. I need</FONT></SPAN><SPAN L=
ANG=3D"en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-au"> <FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">som=
ething</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-au"><FONT S=
IZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial"> that most Aussies would have heard of but may have s=
ome content or issues that could be</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-au"></SPAN=
><SPAN LANG=3D"en-au"> <FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">contentious</FONT></SPA=
N><SPAN LANG=3D"en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-au"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Ar=
ial"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-au"> <FONT S=
IZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">enough</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-au"></SPAN><SPAN=
LANG=3D"en-au"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial"> for some parents to get upset=
about.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=3DLTR><SPAN LANG=3D"en-au"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">The</FONT></=
SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-au"> <FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=
=3D"Arial">learning task</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=
=3D"en-au"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial"> I want to</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=
=3D"en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-au"> <FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">design=
is a problem where students would have to decide whether a book should be b=
anned or not in a school.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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