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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Pasco County is going to use almost $3 million in Covid relief funds to buy brand-new books for all its elementary school teachers to have in their classroom libraries. The classrooms will only be allowed to have approved books ("a common set of titles for each grade level that are aligned to standards and benchmarks, cultivate the curiosity and interest of students and support the development of literacy in all students"). https://www.smore.com/gemcs

Teachers are not happy.

[quote]In an online chat group, one wrote of having a panic attack. Another wondered how the district would adequately replace the hundreds of books she had collected over decades.

Deer Park Elementary third-grade teacher Magen Wilson said she cried upon learning the direction the state law is sending the district.

“Books are incredibly powerful and empowering. They are a safe space to learn about uncomfortable things and provide a safe escape for people of all ages,” Wilson told the Tampa Bay Times via email. “I feel like children are now being robbed of those needed experiences.”

[b]She said throughout her 14 years teaching, she’s put together a set of books in which her students can find themselves, so they can feel the literature includes them. Creating a cookie-cutter selection doesn’t allow for the variety of situations that teachers see, she said.[/b][/quote]

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[quote][b]At the same time, the district has removed access to the Pasco County public library system through students’ online district portal. It did so after hearing parents detail how children could access adult-oriented materials through the system.[/b][/quote]

https://www.tampabay.com/news/education/2023/02/04/pasco-replace-k-5-classroom-libraries-nod-floridas-new-book-rules/

I devoured books when I was in elementary school. I remember specifically my teacher giving me her preview copy of [u]Mrs Frisby and the Rats of NIMH[/u] in 2nd grade because she thought I'd like it. And it inspired in me a life-long love of science fiction.

Limiting books to children is the OPPOSITE of what an educational system should be doing.
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH is one of my all-time favorite books.  Why are you equating that book to books which aren't appropriate for children because they might contain pornographic images or themes?  Bizarre.

Why are these teachers such drama queens?  There will be plenty of books in their classroom - probably all the same books they currently have.  They're simply going to be reviewed to make sure nothing like "Gender Queer" appears there.  This is not hard to comprehend.[/quote]

You are the drama queen. And a liar to boot.

[b]Who are you to say what is pornographic[/b]?[/quote]

????  I guess if the book depicts cartoon characters in compromising positions instead of actual people, it's not considered pornographic in your mind.  [/quote]

Sex is not pornography.

And those books were for upper grades, exactly the time kids need to be learning about sex.

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"Learning about sex" does not equate to learning about using dildos, you absolute imbecile.  
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Which of the books banned in Duval County elementary schools have dildos in them? The biography of Sonia Sotomayor?[/quote]

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