Original Story: http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/30/us/connecticut-ginsberg-teacher/index.html
Connecticut, no stranger to controversy when freedom of
speech is concerned, has recently fired a teacher upon reading a poem that described
homosexual relation. One of the expectations when joining an Advanced Placement
class that it is supposed to prepare one for college and the uncensored
literature that is read in college. Almost 60% of the opposition came from the
school board and students who were not in the class. Many profound professors
have commented on the situation by posing questions like "If you can't
handle Ginsberg how are you going to teach Walt Whitman?" basically saying
that those who can’t handle it now won’t be able to handle collegiate/adult
literature.
This relates to U.S History as the
first amendment s challenged as it related to education. Parents take offense
to explicit readings in the classroom when only few know what goes on outside
of it. The education system is beginning to infringe on topics that have no
concern to them, this whole controversy is geared toward taking power from the
teachers and scaring them into keeping the topics PG, even to 18 and 19 year
olds.
No comments:
Post a Comment