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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[checkerdandy]

Heaven forbid we teach kids to be comfortable with their bodies and bodily functions! We must keep them ignorant and fearful of their "down there"!

[san]

"It doesn’t mean my child is sheltered,
Yes, it does.

it doesn’t mean I live in a bubble,
Yes, it does.

and it doesn’t mean I'm trying to ban books."
COULDA FOOLED ME.

[ducttapeninja]

Came here just to say this. That woman is so full of shit tbh.

[tabaqui]

Fuck this idiot. JAYZUS.

[365reasonswhy]

If you haven't given your child this kind of information yourself by 7th grade, then you're late.

[mickeym]

Especially considering that a lot of kids start discussing this shit while they're still in freakin' GRADE SCHOOL.

I started talking about bodies, sex, puberty, whatever, with my son when he was still little. Age-appropriate and all that, but yeah. Because kids talk about all that stuff, and I wanted him to actually know the facts.

I feel so bad for this woman's daughter, because she's being passive-aggressively taught/trained that anything to do with sex and bodies is bad/wrong, and something to be hidden away. :-/

[zinnia_rose]

No kidding. There are seventh graders who are having sex, for god's sakes.

[eversofar]

considering anne frank was only a year or two older than these seventh graders when she wrote the diary, i don't think anything she writes is going to be that inappropriate.

[clevermanka]

[lizzy_someone]

Right?? If you really think a 13-year-old's diary is inappropriate for seventh-graders, I mean, are you even listening to yourself?

[shanny_w]

are you sayin modern day 7th graders aren't superior and more ~*pure*~ ?