Texas teacher fired for reading Diary of Anne Frank to class. - eviltoast
  • Kushan@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Is that something to get fired over though? There’s still context missing here - assigning a non-approved book alone seems like something you reprimand someone over, not fire them. Was there something particularly egregious about that particular version of the book?

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      1 year ago

      I’m not sure if you’ve ever read her diary, or the ORIGINAL diary, but the original non-edited version, she goes into detail about her sexuality and specifically about another girl. Her father basically ripped out/omitted pages out of shame.

      Since the version the school approved was the same version just graphic novellized, you can bet a Texas school did NOT approve the original version.

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      1 year ago

      If I’m understanding it correctly, this book was on the suggested reading list they sent parents. So it was unapproved but also suggested…?