Parents Outraged Over School Book's Graphic Sexual Content

[The Straight Story]

Parents Outraged Over School Book's Graphic Sexual Content

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- A class reading assignment infuriates the parents of a 14-year-old Valley Traditional High School student.

They said their daughter's questions about the book left them speechless.

The book is called "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian."

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It has been around since 2007, and even received the National Book Award for young people's literature.

But it has also been banned in several school systems.

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"She just started showing me all these pages all this deep detail, and it just blew my mind," said Amanda Vincent, the student's mother.

http://www.wlky.com/news/30264341/detail.html

[PDJane]

1. This outrage shit is getting old.

The book is graphic, yes......but not outrageously so. I suspect that the reason the girl showed this to her parents is that she knew they would be outraged!

Trying to keep children innocent backfires. Trust me. They are better off knowing, they are better off being educated, and believe me, at fourteen she inevitably knows about masturbation.

I don't understand, I truly don't. There's outrage about a book on things that teens should know, there's no outrage about corruption in Washington. Gingrich denies the 'swinger' thing, and goes on the offensive...and expects everyone to just take his word for it because he's so damn special and incredibly brilliant and all that. He doesn't know the history of his own country, he was drummed out of congress for corruption, and he's a contender to win the GOP primary.

There's no outrage over the fact that the average wage in the US is $26,000. That means that there are a lot of people who are living below the poverty line....and no-one wants to spend money on food stamps. Forty-five thousand people per year die in the US because they can't afford to go to the doctor...and the GOP want to cut medicaid. And universal health care is still a hard sell.....because gubmint can't do that, y'know, it's unconstitutional. Or sumthin.

There has to be a very special place for innocents........and Americans.

[LetTimmySmoke]

2. To the parent: Okay, you're daughter's reading another book.

Time to sit down, shut up, and let the other parents make the decision for their children rather than you trying to get the book banned at the district. I hate people like this.

[bluestateguy]

3. One parent with too much time can make a whole policy change

Just for him or her. I saw it happen all the time when I was in school.

School administrators are overpaid and cowardly.

[krispos42]

4. I'm offended at your offense!

[Monk06]

5. Like her 14 year old daughter isn't masturbating. Buuuuuuuullshit !!!

[eppur_se_muova]

6. Was it a Bible ? That *WOULD* be outrageous. nt

[intaglio]

7. The Bible is pretty explicit

Think of the instructions for birth control by withdrawal

[onethatcares]

8. "she knows about girls and boys"

yep, her brother has a weewee and she has a hoohoo. Now she should learn things the way her folks did, offa the street among their friends. Hopefully no one ever tells her about contraception.

Oh, and the other day there was a large article in the sunday Tampa Bay Times about how vibrators are now packaged so nicely and sold at Walgrens here in sunny Florida. Yesssir, right out there in the open they were talkin bout those buzzin things. IN PUBLIC NO LESS.

I'm shocked.

[surrealAmerican]

9. From the article:

Parents can make a formal request to have a book banned, but there is a requirement that the parents must read the book in its entirety before they file the complaint.

A spokesperson for the school district said after the complaint was made, the girl was allowed to read another book.

The school district also said no other parents came forward with complaints.

I like this district's policy on this.