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My high school librarian slipped me 'Fahrenheit 451' under the desk
This was back in 2005 at a public school in Arkansas. The librarian, Mrs. Parrish, had a copy that the district tried to pull from the shelves after some parents complained about the 'anti-government themes.' She handed it to me one day when I was returning another book and whispered 'read this one at home, don't bring it back to school.' I took it and read it in two nights. It shook me because here I was being handed a book about burning books in a school that was literally trying to burn that same book. Has anyone else had a teacher or librarian sneak you something that was off the approved list?
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aaron8964d ago
Did you ever think about what it means to have someone risk their job just to get a book into your hands? I used to be one of those people who thought book bans were overblown, like it was just parents being protective or whatever. But reading your story, I get it now. A school trying to shut down a book about book burning is just way too on the nose for me to ignore anymore. Mrs. Parrish knew exactly what she was doing and I bet she changed a lot of kids minds, including mine just from hearing about it.
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