The Huck Finn Quandary

First of all, I doubt I will ever become a high school literature teacher. Teaching is something I have an interest in, but I sure do not want to teach literature. However, hypothetical case that I was a high school literature teacher, we would probably read Huck Finn. The reason for this is not related to the N-word. It is simply because it is the first book in a long while that I have actually enjoyed. With that being said, we would read it with the N-word in the text, but we would not say it out loud. We would talk about it, but to be honest, we would not make a big deal out of it. It's a word - I don't get the issue. It's a hurtful word, so don't say it. We don't need this much controversy over it.