Another Angelou book banned....

[SFG75]

....by Wisconsin parents upset at her autobiography.

Article.

We had a mother and father and student who questioned the book," he said. "The high school provided the student with an alternative book."

The parents were not satisfied and asked for the book to be removed from the curriculum, Maass said.

School officials declined to name those parents or others who have asked for the book to be banned.

Fond du Lac High School Principal Mary Fran Merwin said parents, teachers, principals and at least two ministers spoke at the meeting, where no decision was made. She said the school has used the book for a decade.

I don't get it-I'd let my kids read the Angelou book.

 

[abecedarian]

....by Wisconsin parents upset at her autobiography.

Article.



I don't get it-I'd let my kids read the Angelou book.

I'd read the book too, so I could discuss it with them. The school allowed the students to choose another book; to insist that the book be banned was just wrong. There is nothing that Ms Angelou could possibly put in her autobiography that any kid in the US can't see on tv in living color...

 

[ValkyrieRaven88]

I agree. I don't understand this book banning. I mean, the kid's parents complained, and the kid didn't have to read the book. That should have been good enough for them. What's the point of banning the book and ensuring that no one can read it and enjoy it? If another parent, however idiotically, decided it was too graphic for their highschooler, the child would recieve a different assignment.

I have not personally read this book, but I certainly will. I have heard glowing reports about it and I can't believe that anyone would judge a highschooler too immature to read it. It deals with things that really happened to Maya Angelou and could happen to anybody, and it's not something we should keep high school students sheltered from.

 

[SFG75]

The family definitel had a beef.

School Superintendent Gregory Maass said the initial complaint came from one family.

"We had a mother and father and student who questioned the book," he said. "The high school provided the student with an alternative book."

The parents were not satisfied and asked for the book to be removed from the curriculum, Maass said.

Show of hands, who thinks teens need to see everything through rose-colored glasses?

 

[ValkyrieRaven88]

Show of hands, who thinks teens need to see everything through rose-colored glasses?

Those parents, apparently....