Debate: Should Huck be Taught in Schools?

              I found the debate today to be very intresting. I haven't been in many debates but I think that is the best one yet due to the subject matter and how everyone was devoted to winning. Personally, I think Mr. Beddingfield won, but that was because he is super eloquent and knows how to spot hole in our argument.I also think he choose his stance purposely so that his chances of winning are higher. The student side had alot of information and ideas, but I feel that we were a bit unorganized and didn't work as a team. Though I feel that if we had that we could have won, we had evidence and good points. For all the controversy involving Huck Finn, I think schools should read it. It's got plenty of merits and in my opinion Heart of Darkness is much worse(Jim actually was an individual, not a swirling mass of elderich abomination). And, at the end of the day, the book is just a book. It won't change a person's life, except maybe a fledging black panther, and it's not going to give soemeone a great epiphany.