Kimmy, what IS acceptable? Like if someone asked her for a copy of Pride and Prejudice and she said, “No, I don’t have it, I’m not really an Austen fan,” what would be the big deal? It’s not like she’s saying that no one should read Austen (or Stephenie Meyer)–it’s out of her personal collection. Obviously, whatever she has is going to reflect the stuff she enjoys. If she says she has no Twilight is that okay as long as she doesn’t make a joke about Twilight sucking?
It just seems like there are better people to criticize. The right wing fundies who want us to burn Twilight because vampires=witchcraft=INSANITY! But a girl who (may not exist) and who’s sharing her personal collection with students? Who cares what she carries?
And yeah, it does seem very Footloose-esque. Banning books because they don’t mesh with God’s word. It seems like what someone who has no idea of what a Catholic school is like would say.
Even if it isn’t banned he should have a copy of Fahrenheit 451 in there.
Gee, I kept a huge bag of caramels in my locker and some would come by between class and pick up a few.
When I was a sophmore in high school, my humanities teacher read the Miller’s Tale out loud to show all of us shocked children that bawdiness did not start in the sixties. I’m pretty sure that wasn’t the only bawdy tale in the Canterbury Tales. In addition, there were many jibes at Churchmen who used their positions in venal ways. The Summoner’s Tale included the question of how to divide the donation of a fart between many recipients.
I can see why it might get pulled. I don’t approve, but I can see why.
I find it ridiculous that a school would ban books. This is AMERICA, not Soviet Russia, Fascist Italy, or Nazi Germany. While yes, they have a right to ban books in a private school by the LETTER of the law, that is as far from the SPIRIT of the law, and of this country, as you can get.
I guess thats what happens when you grow up in a full house…