Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
No commentary. Just letting the vid stand on its own as it plays out.
The debate will obviously manifest itself after viewing the school board video.
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A Disturbing Book in the school libary. Read by an 11 year old to the school board.
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No commentary. Just letting the vid stand on its own as it plays out.
The debate will obviously manifest itself after viewing the school board video.
The video didn't say where it happened, so I got curious and found an article on this: ‘It’s smut’: Kid reads sexually graphic book he got from school library to school board members
Windham, Maine. Never heard of it before. Looks like it's near Portland.
Some kids are ready for that “material” (for lack of a better word) at a younger age than others. This is why we have age recommendations on books and why that’s not always explicitly followed.
My cousin grew up around teachers and honestly the classics she was reading make this book look like Green Eggs and Ham lol
I don’t understand why the kid was urged to read this book to his class though. Like what was the point of that?
US style publicity stunts involving school boards seems to be a thing and it’s one that I still don’t understand. Sorry
My cousin grew up around teachers and honestly the classics she was reading make this book look like Green Eggs and Ham lol
I don’t understand why the kid was urged to read this book to his class though. Like what was the point of that?
US style publicity stunts involving school boards seems to be a thing and it’s one that I still don’t understand. Sorry
Heyo
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I'm vehemently against the book bans that are going on in many US school districts now but this is an example of a failure of the librarian. The book was marked as "not appropriate for pupils under 14" and thus the boy should have not been able to rent it.
(He should have done it the old style by finding the secret stash of his parents as I did at his age and keep his mouth shut.)
Shocking! Makes the internet pornography that this child could probably access pale into insignificance. 
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Heyo
Veteran Member
There's no need to ban it either. Just make sure age restrictions and recommendations are heeded.
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
Clizby Wampuscat
Well-Known Member
There is no need for this book to be in any school, even high school. If a student wants to read this or a parent wants their child to read this material they can purchase it themselves or go to a public library. What is the purpose of the school district having this book? I took my child out of the public school system because they are not educating our children anymore in public school. People are using the children to promote social issues.
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber & Business Owner
Just remember they got this from people who insist evolution is entirely false and that their god just poofed everything into existence a few thousand years ago, amd it's largely and mostly the same people doing this who have been fighting against evolution.
And stupid publicity stunts are their only option and sanity, reason and logic are not with them and thus they can't ever win doing things like a proper person.
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
I can see it.
Schools actually are more activist institutions now than learning institutions to a larger extent.
I draw the line at people teaching sex ed to kindergarten classes where students can barely yet draw straight lines and are learning how to use scissors to cut colored construction paper straight for their projects, much less tie their own shoelaces.
Stick to the three R's and let the kids be kids for awhile.
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber & Business Owner
My school had age restriction things and parental permission forms. No reason for it to not be there.
And reading it to his class? That is most highly unusual here and doesn't really happen or occur.
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber & Business Owner
Let me translate what this says:
I've deliberately ignored and refused to accept for many years the cirriculum is age appropriate and just because the word sex is there doesn't automatically learn the kids learn about sexual intercourse.
I've also not studied US education and it's history and I don't realize the "three Rs" fell out of favor a long time ago because it's short sighted and limited, a emphasis on producing democratic citizens over academics became a focus many decades ago.
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
No. That's your erroneous translation.
Keep your words in your own paragraphs.
Keep it out of mine.
Sounds like a recipe for disaster. Or at least a popcorn worthy display
You know, if schools (let’s say high school age) were to ban any and all books that contain “smutty material” they’d have to get rid of the Western Literary canon.
Might make teaching English a tad hard to do.
There’s nothing bawdier than the classics, as they say
Just saying. Not every book that can be construed as “smut” is without academic merit.
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber & Business Owner
We've been over this so many times that a willfull reluctance to accept what sex ed actually is can be the only explanation.
And I know I've discussed this aspect of US Education history. Again, it's a willful refusal to accept the facts of what is. School has started to realize social studies are also necessary for about a century now because those "three Rs" don't prepare people to be members of a democratic society. Being a good party host and dating in high school where school topics before you were born.
Shadow Wolf
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It is definitely a disaster.
PureX
Veteran Member
First, 11-year-olds are looking at far worse than this online every single day, unimpeded. And yet not one of these outraged parents or politicians are "shocked" by the reality of this. Nor do ANY of them intend to do anything about it.
Secondly, perhaps if these parents and politicians would allocate a little bit of money to properly fund their school's library such books could have been designated off limits to the younger students and lent out by permission for the older ones.
Lastly, anyone with a thinking brain should have seen immediately that this is a deliberate underhanded 'stunt' to try and drum up outrage instead of seeking a solution. If they were so concerned about this 11-year-old reading this material, why are they MAKING him read it out loud, in public?
Secondly, perhaps if these parents and politicians would allocate a little bit of money to properly fund their school's library such books could have been designated off limits to the younger students and lent out by permission for the older ones.
Lastly, anyone with a thinking brain should have seen immediately that this is a deliberate underhanded 'stunt' to try and drum up outrage instead of seeking a solution. If they were so concerned about this 11-year-old reading this material, why are they MAKING him read it out loud, in public?
Well I’d argue that disasters are better with popcorn.
Just saying lol