Sunday, May 31, 2015

Teacher resigns after reading homoerotic poem to AP Class by Laura Walton (4)

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. 


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