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School System in Virginia Won't Teach Version of Anne Frank Book
School System in Virginia Won't Teach Version of Anne Frank Book
By Michael Alison Chandler
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, January 29, 2010
Washington Post
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/
2010/01/28/AR2010012804001.html?hpid=sec-education>
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<http://tinyurl.com/ybgppzy>
Culpeper County public school officials have decided to stop assigning a
version of Anne Frank's diary, one of the most enduring symbols of the
atrocities of the Nazi regime, after a parent complained that the book
includes sexually explicit material and homosexual themes.
"The Diary of a Young Girl: the Definitive Edition," which was published
on the 50th anniversary of Frank's death in a concentration camp, will not
be used in the future, said James Allen, director of instruction for the
7,600-student system. The school system did not follow its own policy for
handling complaints about instructional materials, Allen said.
<snip>
Allen said that the more recent version will remain in the school library
and that the earlier version will be used in classes. The 1955 play based
on Frank's experiences also has been a part of the eighth-grade curriculum
for many years. The diary's "universal theme, that there is good in
everyone, resonates with these kids," Allen said.
The decision was made in November and published in the Culpeper Star
Exponent on Thursday.
Culpeper's policy on "public complaints about learning resources" calls
for complaints to be submitted in writing and for a review committee to
research the materials and deliberate, Allen said. In this case, the
policy was not followed. Allen said the parent registered the complaint
orally, no review committee was created and a decision was made quickly by
at least one school administrator. He said he is uncertain about the
details because he was out of town.
Taking Anne Frank off shelves: Indefensible
The Answer Sheet
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taking-anne-frank-off-shelves.html?sid=ST2010012903234>
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This isn't the first time that a classic book has been pulled off a
library shelf because a parent didn't want their darling child to read it,
but it is equally obscene every time it happens.
In Culpeper County Public Schools, a version of the Diary of A Young Girl,
by Anne Frank, was just removed from schools because a parent complained
about graphic sexual language, according to the Star Exponent.
Anne Frank wrote her memoir of her life from June 12, 1942 until Aug. 1,
1944, while her family was in hiding from the Nazis during the German
occupation of the Netherlands during World War II. She was caught by the
Nazis and thrown into concentration camps, where she died of typhus
shortly before the camp she was in was liberated by British troops in
1945.
The book was originally published in 1947 by her father, who retrieved the
diary after the war. Later more of her entries from the period were found
and authenticated and a fuller version was later published.
That is the one that was challenged in Culpeper, according to the Star
Exponent, which quoted Jim Allen, director of instruction for the school
system, saying, What we have asked is that this particular edition will
not be taught. I dont want to make a big deal out of this. So we listened
to the parent and we pulled it.
The problem for Allen is that it IS a big deal when books are pulled off
shelves because a parent doesnt want their student to read about female
genitals in the context of this Holocaust memoir, which is the passage in
contention here.
<snip>
Getting involved is one thing; insisting that everyone adhere to a single
persons sensibilities is quite another. Ive never heard of a school
insisting that a child read a book that a parent does not want that child
to read; if parents feel the need to protect their childs innocence, fine,
but dont make that decision for everybody else.
Removing the most widely read Holocaust memoir in the world from a school
library because one parent was upset is indefensible.
CCPS pulls explicit text
Associated Press
Anne Frank is seen in a photo made available earlier this month by Yad
Vashem holocaust memorial. Culpeper County Public Schools have pulled a
version of her memoir that contains a graphic passage.
Rhonda Simmons, rsimmons@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, (540) 825-0771 ext. 125
Published: January 28, 2010
Updated: January 29, 2010
Culpeper Virginia Star Exponent
<http://www2.starexponent.com/cse/news/local/
article/ccps_pulls_explicit_text/51217/>
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<http://tinyurl.com/yzv7bhc>
The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition, a vivid memoir of Anne
Franks private thoughts during the German occupation of the Netherlands
during World War II, will no longer be assigned to CCPS students,
according to Jim Allen, director of instruction for the school system.
This book is usually given to eighth-grade middle school English students
to read.
Citing a parents concern over the sexual nature of the vagina passage in
the definitive edition, Allen said school officials immediately chose to
pull this version and use an alternative copy.
What we have asked is that this particular edition will not be taught,
Allen said from his office Wednesday morning. I dont want to make a big
deal out of this. So we listened to the parent and we pulled it.
Apparently, Annes father, Otto Frank, the sole survivor of the Secret
Annex, felt the need to censor his daughters most intimate thoughts as
well, eliminating about 30 percent of the original diary published in
1947.
He omitted parts where Anne criticized her mother and other Jews living in
the confined quarters as well as some sexually suggestive references.
However, during the 50th anniversary of her death in a concentration camp,
the Anne Frank Foundation published the unedited definitive version in
1995.
Sometimes dubbed controversial, this book has been translated into more
than 50 languages an English version in 1952, and transformed into a play
and several movie versions.
HOW I SEE IT: Dismayed over decision on Anne Frank
Dismayed over decision on Anne Frank
By Nancy Collie-Beard
Published: January 29, 2010
Culpeper Virginia Star Exponent
<http://www2.starexponent.com/cse/news/opinion/article/
how_i_see_it_dismayed_over_decision_on_anne_frank/51379/>
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<http://tinyurl.com/yjt7h8x>
On Thursday, I was sitting in my sociology class when my teacher showed us
the front page of the Star-Exponent. He read a snippet of the article
concerning the Diary of Anne Frank; immediately the classroom was filled
with gasps of exasperation. My entire class, made up of high school
juniors and seniors, was furious myself especially.
The decision to remove all copies of the definitive edition of The Diary
of a Young Girl is cowardly and shirks all responsibility for the
education of the students to whom the administration is responsible. On
that note, I see no legitimate reason to remove the book from the
curriculum.
When I was in eighth grade at Floyd T. Binns Middle School, I read the
book. I suppose we read the vulgar passage, but what I remember is the
intensity of the literature. I remember the horror that the class
experienced together as we read about the concentration camps and the
struggle of this young woman and her family. As a class, we were so upset
with the bigger picture that no one gave a second thought to the passages
that seem so controversial now.
Wow, so Anne Frank was a girl?
Posted by Bitco David at 8:35 pm
January 29, 2010
<http://blogs.alternet.org/bitcodavid/2010/01/29/
wow-so-anne-frank-was-a-girl/>
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That ha[s] to be one of the STUPIDEST things Ive heard in a long time.
Quite frankly (no pun intended), that passage is about as sexual as a
gynecological exam. Even if there was a legitimate objection to that one
passage, the loss of what the rest of the diary teaches is immeasurable.
This was the reaction from one friend of mine, in regards to the Virginia
School District that removed the current version of The Diary of Anne
Frank, from their shelves. According to an article in The Raw Story, one
parent thats right, one parent complained about a passage in the book,
where Anne, essentially discovers her vagina.
Another response was as follows.
Imagine being so terrified of anatomy that the mere description of a
vagina sends you into shrieking, mouth-foaming outrage.
Myself, Im finding it much harder to put my feelings on this matter into
words, other than to say that this is just one more example of why Im
terrified at the thought of teaching High School, in this most puritanical
and backwards of nations. Its not the kids that scare me. Its the
parents, and the spineless, pencil pushing administrators.
Head of schools defends pulling version of Anne Franks memoir
By Rhonda Simmons
Published: January 29, 2010
Culpeper Virginia Star Exponent
http://www2.starexponent.com/cse/news/local/education/article/
head_of_schools_defends_pulling_version_of_anne_franks_memoir/51306/>
A shorter URL for the above link:
<http://tinyurl.com/ygmfhqg>
School board unaware?
Before the story broke Wednesday, Culpeper County School Board Chairman
George Dasher said he was unaware of the decision to pull the book. On
Thursday, school board member Bob Beard also said he found out about it by
reading the Star-Exponent.
According to the school divisions public complaints about learning
resources policy, censorship decisions do not have to be approved by the
school board. The CCPS policy states that a review committee consisting
of the schools principal, librarian, teacher, complainant, parent and/or
student must gather to discuss the matter.
The committees responsibility is to read, view or listen to the material
in question, read several reviews, check standard selection aids, talk
with knowledgeable people about the challenged material, make and file a
recommendation with the principal and superintendent and notify the
complainant of the recommendation.
I was aware that there was concern a couple of months ago, Johnson said. A
parent concern brought to light an instructional concern that parents had
not been notified that the class was using the definitive version of the
book beforehand. The decision was made to, in the future, use the edited
version or play for middle school students. The decision was not made to
cease using The Diary of Anne Frank for instruction.
Reaction
Since learning about the recent decision, outspoken readers have posted
their opinions mainly against the recent ruling online.
Jan 30, 2010 3:31 pm US/Eastern Va.
School Keeps Anne Frank Diary On Shelves
WJZ
<http://wjz.com/wireapnewsva/Va.school.district.2.1459611.html>
CULPEPER, Va. (AP) ? Culpeper County school officials say they are keeping
a version of Anne Frank's diary on library shelves despite complaints that
it contains sexual references.
<snip>
In a statement Friday, the school system said it would review both
versions of the book before the next school year
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