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Teacher Suspended For Reading Ender's Game To Students

Posted by Soulskill on from the it's-the-teachers,-they're-the-enemy dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Forbes reports that a middle school teacher in South Carolina has been placed on administrative leave for reading sci-fi classic Ender's Game to his students. According to blogger Tod Kelly, '[A parent] reported him to the school district complained that the book was pornographic; that same parent also asked the local police to file criminal charges against the teacher. As of today, the police have not yet decided whether or not to file charges (which is probably a good sign that they won't). The school district, however, appears to agree with the parent, is considering firing the teacher and will be eliminating the book from the school.'"

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  1. Re:Good Ole Southern Cackalacky by MickyTheIdiot · · Score: 5, Informative

    As usual, this case has been discussed in other places first. IIRC the "bruised testicle" was part of what the bitching is about.

    We're in a bad spot in our society when these idiots aren't laughed out of the office. Let the freak homeschool her precious snowflake and stop being a burden on us.

  2. Re:Back to the Future by timeOday · · Score: 5, Informative

    Don't make this about conservatism or Christianity.

    Why not, where do you think this is coming from? Read this:

    The Daily Caller flags a little-discussed position paper on Rick Santorum's campaign websiteâ"his pledge to aggressively prosecute those who produce and distribute pornography. Santorum avers that "America is suffering a pandemic of harm from pornography." He pledges to use the resources of the Department of Justice to fight that "pandemic," by bringing obscenity prosecutions against pornographers... His statement references going after pornography that is distributed not just on the Internet, but also "on cable/satellite TV, on hotel/motel TV."

    Mind you, I have nothing against abstaining from pornography or preaching against it, but this is something else. And don't say Santorum speaks only for himself, the point here is how many votes he is getting.

  3. Re:Put them to work by dan828 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Actually reading TFA, they've posted an update that, more than likely, the offending material wasn't from Ender's Game at all, but probably some other, unrelated, material from the internets. Card thinks that his book was lumped in because it's been a perennial target of the evangelical right due to his being a Mormon.