They should have kept the ban on. Don't they know the earth is flat?

But an even bigger question is whether my graffiti-doctored copy of John Knowles' "A Separate Peace--of ass" is still circulating in the Florida school system.

Not to be confused with "My Butt, The Earth" which is the title of Jennifer Lopez's autobiography.

That's a nice asinine.

The book is about an overweight 15-year-old girl having trouble fitting in at school and with her family.

No double doors?

<sarcasm>

next thing you know, they'll be letting gays marry.

i swear to god, this country's going straight down the shiatter.

</sarcasm>

high school students are mature enough to handle the sexual references and profanity in the book

man, that's a laugh and a half right there. 'cause we all know HS kids are too mature to make giant ass jokes

Overweight 15 year-old girls are hot.

/well, they are if you're 12 and you've never been in a room alone with a woman besides your mom.
//what? WHAT? It's true!

Let's see how many of those 350 will actually read it now or even had heard of it before someone stuck a petition in their face.

By the time a kid reaches high school he (a general pronoun, not a gender reference) should be able to choose to read what ever he wants.

Middle school? A little adult judgement is required. Unfortunately, that's what they get: little adult judgement ... very little.

I can't wait til we big girls finish our world domination by eating all the skinny ones.

Nice use of the Asinine tag.

Isn't that a Cowsills song?

Bonus points for asinine tag.

SecretAgentWoman: I can't wait til we big girls finish our world domination by eating all the skinny ones.
For some reason i find that hot!

Sir Mix-a-Lot responded with "you other brothers can't deny, this book should not have been taken off the shelves"

For some reason, that title has be all titillated.

I haven't read the book, but from the description, it seems appropriate for high school kids. Hell's bells, if Catcher in the Rye is appropriate, which it entirely is, then pretty much anything should be let in.

Major Thomb: Let's see how many of those 350 will actually read it now or even had heard of it before someone stuck a petition in their face.

What does that matter? Isn't the principle enough?

This would come next in the series after "You, Me, Your Balls, and This Drawer".

FullCodpiece: Middle school? A little adult judgement is required. Unfortunately, that's what they get: little adult judgement ... very little.


It's not that hard to figure out that daddy keeps his fetish porn under the matress or on the top shelf in the closet. After all, it's probably been there since he was your age, and he figured nobody would find it then either.

This may be why I did so poorly in school and puzzled the hell out of all my teachers (But he's so bright. We don't understand.) It was because the asshat administrators were teaching the wrong shiat. I just went to the NY Public Library and got the real stuff. A book about a big ass. I read Fear and Lothing in Las Vegas when I was 13. Now THAT'S some adult material.

d'art: I haven't read the book, but from the description, it seems appropriate for high school kids. Hell's bells, if Catcher in the Rye is appropriate, which it entirely is, then pretty much anything should be let in.


How about Lolita? I did a paper on that book in High School but I couldn't find it in their library.

Oh, and all that business about Catcher in the Rye? Holden Caufeild was and asshat.

I recommend "The Earth, Paris Hilton's Butt and Other Flat Things".

bakatare

Sorry. I'm confused by what you wrote. Since who was my age? How old do you think I am?

"Non Issue." Most High School kids never set foot in the library, much less check out a book and read. The few brainy types who do are probably interested in something a little more substantial that a book about a fat can.

Presenting Salma Hayek's butt:



/that is all

GuyCaballero: What does that matter? Isn't the principle enough?


What principle? You've got limited (extremely limited if it's like my HS) space for books so you have to pick and choose what most appropriate and useful to the students. There's plenty of city libraries and book stores around for other books.

By the time a kid reaches high school he (a general pronoun, not a gender reference)...

A pronoun that suggests that a man is the universal human and that what makes a woman different from a man makes her un- or sub-human.

Flame on!

I never read the book, but according to some Amazon comments, the girl's brother was accused of date rape. So... maybe the sexual references are not related to the "Butt" and may be a little bit serious for pre-middle school. Just sayin'
Anybody actually read this?

CaptainBeer
This may be why I did so poorly in school and puzzled the hell out of all my teachers (But he's so bright. We don't understand.) It was because the asshat administrators were teaching the wrong shiat. I just went to the NY Public Library and got the real stuff. A book about a big ass. I read Fear and Lothing in Las Vegas when I was 13. Now THAT'S some adult material.

At that age, I found a copy of Fanny Hill in my parents' bookshelf. That was an eye opener. Then I asked for, and got, one of the last Dune books for my 13th b-day, which had some really graphic content. Hot. Then a girl at school showed me the cunnilingus scene in The Mammoth Hunters, which she was doing a book report on at the time. Oh yeah!

Didn't read Fear and Loathing until I was already on drugs, though...

lue42: Anybody actually read this?

I'm waiting for the movie.

And yea, for my state. Boo for their stupidity in the first place.

"Isn't this the kind of stuff high schoolers deal with?"
"Yes!"
"Let's ban it!"
"Brilliant!"

Holden was a confused, anit-social, depressed, bi-polar douche. But, he wanted more. My good friend on the other hand doesn't, hence why we aren't friends anymore.

And I read freakin' "Beloved" in high school which had beastiality, rape, slavery, and pedophilia. Toni Morrison is abosolutely one of the worst writers in the history of the profession. Dear god, I wished that they'd banned that.

it's sad, but given the fundamentalist nonsense that goes on in other school districts in this country, before RTFA I actually wondered whether the school board members banned the book because saying the Earth is round is some sort of heresy in their eyes.

/no joke

Bullshiat. The kids in Westminster, MD can't read.

My 13 year old daughter is reading it for school. I had to sign a persmission slip before they would give it to her.

I don't know anything about the book but if she needs me to sign a permission slip, chances are I want her to read it.

haplo53: It's sad, but given the fundamentalist nonsense that goes on in other school districts in this country, before RTFA I actually wondered whether the school board members banned the book because saying the Earth is round is some sort of heresy in their eyes.

Yea...whatever...Got anything else up there to pull out?

I never read the book, but according to some Amazon comments, the girl's brother was accused of date rape. So... maybe the sexual references are not related to the "Butt" and may be a little bit serious for pre-middle school. Just sayin'

Because middle schoolers are completely ignorant when it comes to sex...

jst3p: Because middle schoolers are completely ignorant when it comes to sex..


So, you subscribe to the instant maturity theory. What age does that happen?

Ecker says high school students are mature enough to handle the sexual references and profanity in the book.

No Romero yet?

Shame!!!

/here ya go

Major Thomb
Yea...whatever...Got anything else up there to pull out?

oh...kaaaaay.

I read the headline, the thought briefly occurred to me, and then I RTFA. who shat in your cornflakes?

Adman12 :
I went to a catholic H.S. (don't even get me started on how effed up that is) and when I decided to bring up a frank and honest comparison of the messianic references in Dune in a comparitive theology class I was nearly thrown out of the class.
/I award my self 2 points for using the word "frank" in a post about Frank Herbert
//2 more for slashies!

So, you subscribe to the instant maturity theory. What age does that happen?

When did I say that?

Fact is they, their friend or someone they know is probably already sexually active. It is reality.

FullCodpiece: Sorry. I'm confused by what you wrote. Since who was my age? How old do you think I am?


I was being cynical about parental responsibility and middle-school aged kids. If it's not in an un-pickable locked safe, chances are they already found it and use it more than their parents do.

My librarian had to take "Go Ask Alice" off the shelves at the our school library's seasonal book sale. She saved a copy for me though cause she knew I wanted to read it. I think I was in 5th/6th grade or so. Awesome book, but I'll admit, I don't think a lot of kids my age were mature enough to "get" it. Maybe in 8th/9th grade. Now that I think of it, I should re-read it.

I was being cynical about parental responsibility and middle-school aged kids. If it's not in an un-pickable locked safe, chances are they already found it and use it more than their parents do.

There is none in my house. My step-son resorted to swiping the Victorias Secret catalogs.

Boys will be boys.

Why do people think that "Butt" is a derogatory or vulgar term? It's short for "Buttocks" - the medical term for the ass. I hear people say "bottom" and "behind" and it makes me want to throw up. Jeez.

He said the book, called The Earth, My Butt and Other Big Round Things, will be returned to libraries in high schools, but not middle schools.

That's okay. They'll just look up 'sex' in the Family Health and Medical Encyclopaedia like we did at my middle school.