Parent files complaint about book assigned as student reading – KTRK
A suburban Houston man is trying to get Ray Bradbury’s “Fahrenheit 451” banned from the classrom.
Two weeks ago at Caney Creek High School, a tenth grade English class was given “Fahrenheit 451” as a reading assignment. But Diana Verm stopped after a few pages. She said she was offended by “the cussing in it and the burning of the Bible.”
Diana complained to her father. She was given an alternate reading assignment, but her dad is pushing the issue. It is ironic in the truest sense that a fictional book on book banning is now the target of a request to remove it from school curriculum.
Emphasis added by me.
Could someone miss the whole point any more than this guy?
More: Parent criticizes book ‘Fahrenheit 451’ – The Courier (Montgomery County, Texas)
