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Parents Outraged Over School Book's Graphic Sexual Content
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- A class reading assignment infuriates the parents of a 14-year-old Valley Traditional High School student.
They said their daughter's questions about the book left them speechless.
The book is called "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian."
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It has been around since 2007, and even received the National Book Award for young people's literature.
But it has also been banned in several school systems.
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"She just started showing me all these pages all this deep detail, and it just blew my mind," said Amanda Vincent, the student's mother.
http://www.wlky.com/news/30264341/detail.html
PDJane
(10,103 posts)The book is graphic, yes......but not outrageously so. I suspect that the reason the girl showed this to her parents is that she knew they would be outraged!
Trying to keep children innocent backfires. Trust me. They are better off knowing, they are better off being educated, and believe me, at fourteen she inevitably knows about masturbation.
I don't understand, I truly don't. There's outrage about a book on things that teens should know, there's no outrage about corruption in Washington. Gingrich denies the 'swinger' thing, and goes on the offensive...and expects everyone to just take his word for it because he's so damn special and incredibly brilliant and all that. He doesn't know the history of his own country, he was drummed out of congress for corruption, and he's a contender to win the GOP primary.
There's no outrage over the fact that the average wage in the US is $26,000. That means that there are a lot of people who are living below the poverty line....and no-one wants to spend money on food stamps. Forty-five thousand people per year die in the US because they can't afford to go to the doctor...and the GOP want to cut medicaid. And universal health care is still a hard sell.....because gubmint can't do that, y'know, it's unconstitutional. Or sumthin.
There has to be a very special place for innocents........and Americans.
LetTimmySmoke
(1,202 posts)Time to sit down, shut up, and let the other parents make the decision for their children rather than you trying to get the book banned at the district. I hate people like this.
bluestateguy
(44,173 posts)Just for him or her. I saw it happen all the time when I was in school.
School administrators are overpaid and cowardly.
krispos42
(49,445 posts)Monk06
(7,675 posts)eppur_se_muova
(36,281 posts)intaglio
(8,170 posts)Think of the instructions for birth control by withdrawal
onethatcares
(16,178 posts)yep, her brother has a weewee and she has a hoohoo. Now she should learn things the way her folks did, offa the street among their friends. Hopefully no one ever tells her about contraception.
Oh, and the other day there was a large article in the sunday Tampa Bay Times about how vibrators are now packaged so nicely and sold at Walgrens here in sunny Florida. Yesssir, right out there in the open they were talkin bout those buzzin things. IN PUBLIC NO LESS.
I'm shocked.
surrealAmerican
(11,363 posts)A spokesperson for the school district said after the complaint was made, the girl was allowed to read another book.
The school district also said no other parents came forward with complaints.
I like this district's policy on this.