Posted on May 25, 2023
1 complaint led a Florida school to restrict access to Amanda Gorman's famous poem
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Amanda Gorman's poetry has heralded a presidential inauguration and a U.N. General Assembly — but access to it is now restricted at a Miami-Dade County school, the latest casualty in the fight over library books.
The complaint filed against Gorman's book The Hill We Climb — named for the poem she famously recited at President Biden's 2021 swearing-in — alleges that the work is "not educational," contains indirect hate speech and shouldn't be in schools.
After a review, the Bob Graham Education Center, a K-8 school in Miami Lakes, decided to retain the book — but only if it's shelved in an area reserved for middle school students.
Amanda Gorman's poetry has heralded a presidential inauguration and a U.N. General Assembly — but access to it is now restricted at a Miami-Dade County school, the latest casualty in the fight over library books.
The complaint filed against Gorman's book The Hill We Climb — named for the poem she famously recited at President Biden's 2021 swearing-in — alleges that the work is "not educational," contains indirect hate speech and shouldn't be in schools.
After a review, the Bob Graham Education Center, a K-8 school in Miami Lakes, decided to retain the book — but only if it's shelved in an area reserved for middle school students.
1 complaint led a Florida school to restrict access to Amanda Gorman's famous poem
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State of Florida
Children
Reading
Education
Poetry
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People in all states and on both sides of the aisle are pushing to restrict ANYTHING they don't agree with now. Education means discussing material you may not agree with
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Teachers in an elementary school decided it wasn’t appropriate. It wasn’t “banned, it was moved to a higher grade level. Oh wow. If parents want their kids to read the poem they can read it to their kids. Liberals making a tempest in a tea pot.
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Here is the rub for me...How bout this...DON'T BAN LITERATURE! Smut (i.e., Pornography or related materials other than sex education) ban it...there is no use for that until it is age appropriate...after that have fun if that is your thing. Classic literature nope...keep it. This goes for both sides pushing what they want kids to see in school and not see. There are those onthe lifet that want to ban Mark Twains s Huck Finn because it uses the N word...and those on the right that want to ban this young lady's work...One can find something offensive in any piece of literature...grow up...well how about this lets teach literature and keep politics out of it from all sides and quit using education as a damn pawn! Just a thought
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SFC Lynn Santosuosso
There is too much going on that is trying to erase history. We have to learn from history so we don’t make the same mistakes again! Like we are already doing…
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