{"id":181560,"date":"2023-09-20T02:55:54","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T02:55:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=181560"},"modified":"2023-09-20T02:55:54","modified_gmt":"2023-09-20T02:55:54","slug":"teacher-fired-for-assigning-graphic-novel-of-anne-franks-diary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/teacher-fired-for-assigning-graphic-novel-of-anne-franks-diary\/","title":{"rendered":"Teacher FIRED for assigning graphic novel of Anne Frank&apos;s diary"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Texas middle school teacher is FIRED for assigning children a graphic novel adaptation of Anne Frank&#8217;s diary which includes a passage on female genitalia<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span>A teacher within the Hamshire-Fannett Independent School District was fired after having her students read a graphic novel adaptation of Anne Frank&#8217;s Diary<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>The book &#8211; which contains mentions of genitalia and sexuality &#8211; was not presented to the school district for approval, officials allege\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>School districts in Texas and Florida have removed the book from their libraries in the past over parents&#8217; discomfort with the mature content\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A Texas middle school teacher has been fired after assigning her students a graphic novel version of Anne Frank&#8217;s Diary &#8211; which references male and female genitalia.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Officials within the Hamshire-Fannett Independent School District confirmed that a teacher was let go and that the book had not been presented for prior approval.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the graphic novel adaptation of the famed diary, Anne Frank details her exploration of her own body parts and her sexuality while going through puberty.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Upon learning of the book&#8217;s use in the curriculum, parents voiced their outrage while talking with KFDM, saying students were required to read out loud in class.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/19\/23\/69673551-12537903-_Anne_Frank_s_Diary_The_Graphic_Adaptation_has_been_removed_from-a-43_1695163305157.jpg\" height=\"510\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/19\/23\/69674407-12537903-_The_Diary_of_a_Young_Girl_by_Anne_Frank_chronicles_her_experien-a-41_1695163304812.jpg\" height=\"510\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Anne Frank&#8217;s Diary: The Graphic Adaptation&#8217;, based on the original 1947 diary is a newer version of the &#8216;The Diary of Anne Frank&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/20\/01\/75619605-12537903-image-a-55_1695169037157.jpg\" height=\"921\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>This is one page from the book which references genitalia and Anne&#8217;s desire to kiss her female friend Jacque\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s bad enough she&#8217;s having them read this for an assignment, but then she also is making them read it aloud,&#8217; said mom Amy Manuel, whose sons are in eighth grade.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Making a little girl talk about feeling each other&#8217;s breasts and when she sees a female she goes into ecstasy, that&#8217;s not ok,&#8217; she continued.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In an email to the local Texas outlet last week, Hamshire-Fannett ISD representative Mike Canizales confirmed the teacher was released after the incident.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The instructor was initially dismissed from classes on Wednesday, September 13, but on Friday, officials said they were looking to hire a replacement for her.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The District is currently in the process of posting the position to secure a high-quality, full-time teacher as quickly as possible,&#8217; Canizales wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/20\/01\/75619601-12537903-image-a-56_1695169043789.jpg\" height=\"475\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>A teacher at Hamshire-Fannett Middle School was fired after having her students read the graphic novel version of Anne Frank&#8217;s diary\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The seemingly innocuous graphic novel includes references to Anne Frank &#8211; and other young women &#8211; experiencing puberty and their periods.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At one point in the book, Anne mentions wanting to kiss her female friend Jacque and asking her friend if they could show each other their breasts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;If only I had a girlfriend,&#8217; the graphic novel shares as a caption alongside a picture of Anne skipping through a row of naked statues of women in a garden.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Original versions of Anne&#8217;s diary omitted references to puberty and sexuality but the graphic novel, published in 2018, pulled from the original text.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The novel was published by Ari Folman and illustrated by David Polonsky. Folman&#8217;s parents are Polish-Jewish Holocaust survivors.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/20\/01\/75619597-12537903-image-a-57_1695169164086.jpg\" height=\"634\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>In an email to the local Texas outlet last week, Hamshire-Fannett ISD representative Mike Canizales (pictured) confirmed the teacher was released after the incident<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/20\/00\/69674145-12537903-Anne_Frank_was_sent_to_the_Auschwitz_concentration_camp_in_1944_-a-44_1695167295726.jpg\" height=\"753\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Anne Frank was sent to the Auschwitz concentration camp in 1944, and later died at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1945<\/p>\n<p>In the Friday statement, Canizales said in the future, they plan to provide additional measures to ensure the appropriateness of content disseminated to students.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The communications coordinator also thanked parents for their &#8216;trust and partnership&#8217; during the time of transition.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We appreciate your trust and partnership as we all work towards the common goal of safeguarding your child&#8217;s educational environment,&#8217; Canizales wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While the district maintains that the book was never approved, parents say that the book was on a list sent to parents at the beginning of the school year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They believe someone higher than the unidentified teacher knew about the subject material and did not disapprove or strike it from the curriculum.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a statement to KDFM, a source close to the teacher alleged that the principal of Hamshire-Fennett Middle School approved of the book.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The source also told the outlet the unnamed teacher has since lawyered up.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>DailyMail.com reached out to officials within the district to inquire about the teacher&#8217;s termination and the investigation but did not receive a response.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/20\/01\/75619595-12537903-image-a-58_1695169187521.jpg\" height=\"634\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Hamshire-Fannett ISD superintendent Dwaine Augustine\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/20\/01\/61760687-12537903-The_graphic_novel_was_banned_after_parents_complained_it_contain-a-45_1695167995757.jpg\" height=\"975\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>A still from the graphic novel adaptation of Anne Frank&#8217;s diary\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This is certainly not the first time the graphic novel version of Anne Frank&#8217;s Diary has sparked drama within a school district.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In April, a\u00a0Florida school library removed the adaptation after a parent group complained it is sexually explicit and minimizes the Holocaust.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, it was one of four books that were removed from libraries in the county &#8211; as school officials continue to review literature deemed contentious.<\/p>\n<p>Jennifer Pippin, chairwoman of the group&#8217;s Indian River chapter, told WPTV\u00a0that they objected to the book as it contained a &#8216;graphic scene&#8217; in which Anne Frank asks a friend to expose themselves to each other.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Last August, the same book was reinstated within a Texas school district after it had been initially deemed &#8216;too graphic&#8217; for school children.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12537903\/Texas-middle-school-teacher-FIRED-assigning-children-graphic-novel-adaptation-Anne-Franks-diary-includes-passage-female-genitalia.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas middle school teacher is FIRED for<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":181559,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23056],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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