maleficent

Back when I was in 8th grade, i was editor on the school paper... one of the columns in the paper was a book review... The book I chose to review was Are You there go, it's me, Margaret, by Judy Blume.

I got sent to the principal's office for having dared to review such a scandalous book (Oh dear they talked about menstruation and cussed a few times) my mother was called to the office (my mother was, at the time, a professor of English Literator at Columbia University) to have me scolded. My mother (who was a tough old broad from NJ) basically told the principal (this was a nun) that I was reading, what exactly was the problem? The book review was gramatically correct and spell checked, why was there a problem with it?

Sister whatever the heck her name was thought it was absolutely scandalous... my dear sweet mother then suggested perhaps she wanted to get my father, the attorney, involved...

The paper ran as is...

In High school, the school board, none of the members whom had students in the school, decided that certain books were objectionable to our young minds... Catcher in the Rye (A bad book, but not scandalous) Lord of the Flies (slightly more entertaining) Animal Farm (Excellent book) of mice and men (I still love this book) were all on the banned list. Mrs R-T our sophmore year english teacher, had some serious tenure... and taught each of those books, over the objections and threats of the school board (but every single parent in that class basically said that any book was a good book, so why didn't they just chill...)

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