US teacher is suspended for letting pupils read bestseller

Sounds like one of the board members is not only a bit insulated (do they think that kids haven't heard of swearing by this time?) and a busy body.

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and she gets suspended? Who makes these idiotic decisions? Interesting this story comes from the UK. I wonder if any American media gives a crap?

Miss Prunella types of both sexes and throw them off school boards, but realize parents are probably the biggest conservatives out there, trying to insulate their perfect little dollies from any and all reality.

This is ridiculous.

With the economy tanking and more and more jobs going offshore, the last thing we need are more young people who demand decent paying, family supporting, meaningful jobs.

If these students are under-performing, when they are adults, then they will accept that the reason that they are poorly paid and exploited is because they are poorly educated and it is their own fault.

That Perry Township teacher was about to open a Pandoras box, which was stopped by an alert school board member. What I wonder about is where are those students' parents in this "controversy".

The article says that the teacher obtained written permission from 150 parents to use the book in her classes. Why haven't they supported the teacher?

than general library books, which students can choose to read, or not. That's the way it is.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3556926#3557216

the objection was swearing in the book being read by high school students.

I do not think that is legitimate grounds regardless of it's being used as part of the curriculum.