Freedom Writers
Submitted by: rba on Thu, 07/03/2008 - 06:52
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Suzanne Goldenberg/GuardianBlog:
US teacher is suspended for letting pupils read bestseller
An Indiana teacher who used a much lauded bestseller, The Freedom Writers Diary, to try to inspire under-performing high-school students has been suspended from her job without pay for 18 months.
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"She knew she had defied her supervisors' direction in her work and that her defiance was 'insubordination' and 'neglect of duty'."
Also see: LATBlog: Taking the freedom out of 'Freedom Writers'.
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How stupid.....
It just never seems to end. I hope the teacher/union fight this stupidity. If the parents are consenting...what is the big deal.
I look back at my own education and thank my stars and parents for allowing me to read books they did not necessarily agree with or understand.