U.S., Texas teacher fired for showing Anne Frank graphic novel to eighth-graders
U.S., Texas teacher fired for showing Anne Frank graphic novel to eighth-graders
Move comes as education laws restricting teaching of race, sexuality and other topics are being implemented across the US
The school teacher was released after officials with Hamshire-Fannett independent school district said the teacher presented the “inappropriate” book to students. The graphic novel, written by Ari Folman and illustrated by David Polonsky, adapts the diary of 13-year-old Anne Frank, who wrote while hiding in an annexe in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam.
It was literally written by a 13 year old.
Well to be fair, it was written by a 13 year old. That includes some things about growing up, so a whole mess of unfiltered thoughts, puberty, masturbation, etc. Some of which was censored by her father (to be fair I doubt she would have wanted all of that stuff actually published).
I don't know whether or not she would have wanted this stuff to be published nor what her father did, but that's not the issue here. What Texas is doing here is deeply anti-democratic and authoritarian. That reminds us on China's or Russia's dictatorship.
Fuck Texas.
Operation Paperclip was a resounding success and these are the fruits it bears.