Went to high school in Republic. Dropped out. Now you see why. The staffing at their schools is absurd and rife with self-importance. Also: Check the middle school link on the district's page; you'll see a girl reading "Breaking Dawn," which I guess is perfectly clean literature for middle school students.
PS: Republic kids smoke lots and lots of dope, and the girls are easy. Let them have the book.
I went to school in Republic, and I have to agree that religion is a driving force within the community. I am not a religious person myself, I'm good with God, and I have no use for those who tell me that I'm not. However, religion aside, if there was no religious connection to this issue, would we still want our children accessing this book? I read this book in a high school, and I don't believe I was scarred by it, but looking back, I still ask this question; "Was it appropriate reading material?" By the way, the library also had a copy of Mein Kampf which I gave up on after a day...lol. In the end it's up to the parents, the kid's are going to be able to access this book whether in school, the public library, or in the local book store.
I just want everyone on this thread to know that the students and most of the citizens of Republic, Missouri think this is as stupid as all of you do. We had only 4 members of our school board vote on this issue, and only one of them had read the books. We aren't all as dumb as it sounds.
If we allow extremism to inhabit our public education system, we might as well bow to political interpretation of our personal rights, religious constriction of our public conduct and penal consequences for failure to adhere to the joint public servant/religious boards for hiding moral dissidents.
In short, we are subject to governmental/religous interpretation of our lives and subject to stoning for failure to conform. Thanks alot.
Think Republic can reconcile history of our country being about religious freedom and WHY so many colonists came to "America" to escape English persecution of their faith?
I'll add a check mark to the imaginary column under "In favor of home schooling" in the debate I have been having in my head. There are many good reasons not to home school, like wanting my children to be properly socialized and to be exposed to the larger world in all of its diversity of ideas outside of just my experience and philosophy. But when I hear about this crap I have to put another vote in the home school column. Or at least I think if the school my kid went to did this the first thing I would do is make the book available to her and make sure she feels free to read it whenever she wants to.
"Minor said. "...We're looking at it from a curriculum point of view."
My @ss, the complaint was "their content taught principles contrary to the Bible" which is a religious complaint and nothing to do with curriculum.
They should have reviewed the Bible because "Song of Soloman" is very sexually graphic and oriented. It may lead high school students to have pre-marital sex or fornicate!
Fortunately, they removed the books from the curriculum. The headline is incorrect; they did not actually ban the book. It is probably still on the library shelf where any student can check it out. In fact, the school board may have intended that more students read the two books they removed. They might just be smart enough to realize that their actions will likely get the students to read the books just to find out what all the hype is about. Of course, they are denied the classroom discussion that might bring about greater understanding of the underlying meanings, but at least they read the thing!
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PS: Republic kids smoke lots and lots of dope, and the girls are easy. Let them have the book.
In short, we are subject to governmental/religous interpretation of our lives and subject to stoning for failure to conform. Thanks alot.
Think Republic can reconcile history of our country being about religious freedom and WHY so many colonists came to "America" to escape English persecution of their faith?
My @ss, the complaint was "their content taught principles contrary to the Bible" which is a religious complaint and nothing to do with curriculum.
They should have reviewed the Bible because "Song of Soloman" is very sexually graphic and oriented. It may lead high school students to have pre-marital sex or fornicate!