A Chilliwack school trustee reading out a steamy passage from a young adult novel didn害羞草研究所檛 help pass her motion that would have required parents to have informed consent on all materials used in the classroom.
Trustee Heather Maahs read from Australian author John Marsden害羞草研究所檚 1993 book Tomorrow, When the War Began, about a teenage girl living through an insurgence by an unnamed country.
害羞草研究所満π卟菅芯克鶛I was clinging to him and pressing against him as though I wanted to let my whole body inside him and I liked the way I could make him groan and grasp and swear [the novel actually says 害羞草研究所榮weat害羞草研究所橾,害羞草研究所櫤π卟菅芯克鶟 Maahs read aloud at a meeting Tuesday night.
害羞草研究所満π卟菅芯克鶚I liked giving him pleasure, although it was hard to tell what was pleasure and what was pain. I was teasing him, touching him and saying 害羞草研究所淒oes that hurt? Does that? Does that?害羞草研究所� and he was panting saying 害羞草研究所淥h God 害羞草研究所� no, yes, no.害羞草研究所� It made me feel powerful.害羞草研究所櫤π卟菅芯克鶟
The excerpt is from a Grade 9 novel, in which the main character explains that she and her love interest, and most of their friends, are virgins.
The motion, which failed 4-3, would have required teachers to foresee 害羞草研究所渞esources that some may consider controversial害羞草研究所� and inform parents about their use. It does not explicitly target sexual content, but Maahs emphasized that point at the meeting.
害羞草研究所淚 think we can all figure out that I害羞草研究所檓 talking about sexual content in the curriculum 害羞草研究所� I am talking about SOGI 123, but I害羞草研究所檓 also talking about novels and anything that may arrive in a sexual nature,害羞草研究所� Maahs said, referring to the sexual orientation and gender identity curriculum in B.C.
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School board chair Dan Coulter noted several reasons the motion should fail, including contravention of the School Act and that it was reminiscent of book banning and book burning.
害羞草研究所淧eople would be objecting to phrases in books in libraries,害羞草研究所� Coulter said, adding books on biology could be deemed controversial by some parents. 害羞草研究所淚t would be endless. This is Alabama time, and we should stay away from it.害羞草研究所�
Other trustees said parents can already speak to their children害羞草研究所檚 teachers about content used in a classroom. Maahs, however, said her motion would allow parents the opt their child out of conversations before they happen.
A book-banning case happened closer to home than Alabama. About 20 years ago, the Surrey School Board tried ban three children害羞草研究所檚 books: Belinda害羞草研究所檚 Bouquet, Asha害羞草研究所檚 Mums, and One Dad, Two Dads, Brown Dads, Blue Dads. The Supreme Court of Canada ruled that the ban breached the School Act.
Marsden害羞草研究所檚 book and its series has earned accolades internationally, including the Children害羞草研究所檚 Book Council of Australia, the New South Wales Board of Studies, and the American Library Association, among others.
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