cactuspete wrote:COPIED FROM CRAZY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS THREAD:wildrose wrote:Mom Reads Sexually Explicit Kids Book—School Board Cuts Her Mic Before She Can Fully Expose Them
Literature is supposed to be a reflection of the human experience and that means the human experience of all humans, not just a few priggish prudes. The egocentricity of this woman is appalling. Was the book age appropriate? For some kids yes and some kids no, but why should the kids who would benefit from such a book not have access to it just because some self-righteous airhead doesn't like it?
twister wrote:dzrtdwg: I had a similar experience when I was very young. A friend told me that her family liked to play cornhole in their front yard. I was like:
Like you say, who the heck would name a game after a messy sex act like that? And with family members? And in the front yard?!! Some people believe in the slogan "Incest is best!" but who would engage in that kind of activity in the FRONT YARD?!!
tronagirl wrote:Back in the 1990s the THS library had a bunch of magazines which wound up getting banned. One was Rolling Stone Magazine and I recall Mr. Haughton (history teacher) speaking up in favor of keeping the magazine available to students, but there were those who thought it was inappropriate. Sure there were 7th graders at THS and maybe some of the subject matter in the magazines was too mature for them, but students in the upper grades deserve to have access to a diverse range of opinions on matters of social importance. I'm in favor of preparing students for the real world and not trying to keep them in the dark!
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