Anne Frank's Diary Too 'Pornographic' For 7th-Grade Students, Claims Michigan Parent

[moonbladem]

Since being published in the Netherlands in 1947, "The Diary of Anne Frank" has become a staple in American classrooms. But that may be changing for students at Northville school district in Michigan, where a parent claims a version of the book is "pornographic" and too explicit for some middle school students.

Last week, Gail Horalek filed a

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[auxoriousrex]

shes probably a holocaust denier using that as an excuse.

[seirina]

It made me a little uncomfortable when I was a kid, too. Learning and expanding your mind isn't about being comfortable all the time, FFS. Most of the best learning experiences require you to step outside that which is customary and comfortable so you can stop being complacent.

[shadwrayvn]

this sfm!

[grace_om]

Srsly. That young girl had to live in hiding with her family in fear for all their lives, which were eventually taken from them in as part of a genocide of millions. And this fool is worried about a mention of discovering her vagina?

[simplefaith08]

Right? I mean, disregarding the sexual content (that wasn't even sexual, it was just about anatomy), they're learning about the Holocaust. If you teach that in a way to make it "comfortable," you're doing it wrong.

[spyral_path]

From the nature of the complaint I was expecting something a lot worse than a girl matter of factly describing her genitalia. The passage is anything but pornographic.

[trobadora]

But didn't you know the female body is inherently pornographic, since it only exists for ...

Nope, sorry, can't go on, throwing up too hard.

[fluteaphrael]

Thank you I had the exact same reaction? So she talks about her body and boys. OMG how horrible. How normal for a Jewish girl to be aware of what that stuff down there is.

[cuterabbit33]

There's a sentence I never thought I'd see - Anne Frank's Diary Too Pornographic.

[kittenmommy]

My thoughts exactly!

[evewithanapple]

I'm pretty sure it's been done before- and for the same reasons, actually,

[stormqueen280]

I was all 'WTF?'

[lord_cellytron]

Ahhhh, the rocketship one is the one i was trying to find! Thanks!