Daughter of NH Arrested Dad Confronts the School Bullies: The School Administrators.
Put your school administrators on notice. This anti-bullying pledge includes students and parents standing up against school officials when they become the bullies.
After her father was arrested for speaking out at a school meeting to discuss questionable fiction she was assigned to read, the daughter confronts the adults who sponsored the meeting and allowed his arrest. From Daughter, 14, confronts school board after dad was arrested over sex book: ‘I don’t feel safe’:
Did the father go over his 2 minute warning and make additional comments? Yes. Technically he broke the rules. Parents, I would ask you read the passage the father objected to here. Be warned, it’s graphic. Would you want your 9th grader to read this and discuss in class? Does this passage legitimize rape? I believe Mr. Baer should remarkable restraint talking to school officials about what his daughter is subjected to in this school. Maybe Mr. Baer and other parents should file charges against this school board for promoting porn to minors. Read the passage. How can this be even considered as appropriate literature for minors? The author states about the book:
The author herself tweeted that “1 of my novels is being challenged … again, b/c the word “erection” is used. (Guess HS kids have never seen a Viagra ad…)”. She added that she was “grateful to those who supported the book & know that talking w/teens is better than pretending tough issues don’t exist”.
Picoult said in a statement that she gave a talk to Gilford students in 2007 when the book was published, when she spoke about research she did with survivors of school shootings.
“That was followed by a wonderful, spirited conversation about how to end bullying in their Daughter of NH Arrested Dad Confronts the School Bullies: The School Administrators. | Missouri Education Watchdog: