…two different scenarios.
Walking to school first thing this morning, upon meeting one of Big Boy’s teachers, who informed me that “he read the whole of the ‘Cat in the Hat’ to me yesterday.”
Not bad for a 4-y-o. Plus, it means we don’t have to go through that one for a while, as it’s never been a favorite of mine!
And then more fodder for those that, outrageously suggest that irony isn’t, ahem, fully understood by some people, at least in Texas, when you read about this couple from Houston, TX, who want Farenheit 451 – a book close to my heart – taken out of the classroom because, it’s “filth,” and because the book’s material goes against their religious beliefs. Well, hey, that’s enough for me!
“If they can’t find a book that uses clean words, they shouldn’t have a book at all,” says one of them, apparently with a straight face.
The article notes that, “Alton Verm’s request to ban “Fahrenheit 451” came during the 25th annual Banned Books Week. He and Hines said the request to ban “Fahrenheit 451,” a book about book burning, during Banned Books Weeks is a coincidence.”
You couldn’t make it up.
Or perhaps it comes as no surprise whatsoever given what else is going on.