Posted on Aug 9, 2023
Shakespeare and penguin book get caught in Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' laws
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https://www.npr.org/2023/08/08/ [login to see] /shakespeare-florida-excerpts-dont-say-gay
Students in a Florida school district will be reading only excerpts from William Shakespeare's plays for class rather than the full texts under redesigned curriculum guides developed, in part, to take into consideration the state's "Don't Say Gay" laws.
The changes to the Hillsborough County Public Schools' curriculum guides were made with Florida's new laws prohibiting classroom discussion about sexual orientation or gender identity in mind. Other reasons included revised state standards and an effort to get students to read a wide variety of books for new state exams, the school district said in an emailed statement on Tuesday.
Several Shakespeare plays use suggestive puns and innuendo, and it is implied that the protagonists have had premarital sex in "Romeo and Juliet." Shakespeare's books will be available for checkout at media centers at schools, said the district, which covers the Tampa area.
Students in a Florida school district will be reading only excerpts from William Shakespeare's plays for class rather than the full texts under redesigned curriculum guides developed, in part, to take into consideration the state's "Don't Say Gay" laws.
The changes to the Hillsborough County Public Schools' curriculum guides were made with Florida's new laws prohibiting classroom discussion about sexual orientation or gender identity in mind. Other reasons included revised state standards and an effort to get students to read a wide variety of books for new state exams, the school district said in an emailed statement on Tuesday.
Several Shakespeare plays use suggestive puns and innuendo, and it is implied that the protagonists have had premarital sex in "Romeo and Juliet." Shakespeare's books will be available for checkout at media centers at schools, said the district, which covers the Tampa area.
Shakespeare and penguin book get caught in Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' laws
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There is still nothing in the law that states "Don't say Gay", but don't let that get in the way of your narrative.
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PO3 Shayne Seibert
It only has that framing because the left wants it to have that framing. They control the narrative, and anything that real people want to believe makes them the enemy because they don't tow the line with what the liberals are pushing.
There is no need for "sexual orientation" in schools. That should never be part of the curriculum. It has no purpose being taught in schools, so it won't be in Florida. Getting rid of the Dept of Education and the teachers unions will go a long way in getting US kids back to the top in Math and Science scores globally. Getting rid of the social justice activists in the classroom will as well. Putting education back in the hands of the states is necessary to get our country back to the top.
Activism in any form should never be allowed to influence kids.
There is no need for "sexual orientation" in schools. That should never be part of the curriculum. It has no purpose being taught in schools, so it won't be in Florida. Getting rid of the Dept of Education and the teachers unions will go a long way in getting US kids back to the top in Math and Science scores globally. Getting rid of the social justice activists in the classroom will as well. Putting education back in the hands of the states is necessary to get our country back to the top.
Activism in any form should never be allowed to influence kids.
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The latest update has the FL board of education motion for current lawsuit to be dismissed as they will allow the Penguin book back into the school libraries. Their argument is that the FL law only applies to classroom instruction. Hmmmm. So will all the books that we're banned be allowed back into school libraries? Of course not. Will all of Shakespeare literature be back in libraries? Maybe. This is in response to how some groups in response to these anti-LGBTQ laws have been submitting complaints in order to remove the Bible from schools to include libraries. An unexpected consequence the Moms of Liberty folks didn't anticipate would happen.
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