...that Tom Cruise has denied having anything to do with Amazon dropping that anti-Scientology book. (Because The Sun is such a reliable source of information. I love that they have a "Bizarre USA" section.)
In other book challenge news:
- At Monday night's school board meeting, the Superintendent of the Ankeny, Iowa school system suggested that instead of voting on whether or not Tango will remain in the elementary school libraries, "that the board consider adopting a new selection process for library materials, and that any new process take into consideration age-appropriateness of materials. He also suggested that while new procedures are being discussed, all books and other materials should remain in place and not be restricted in any way." Makes sense to me.
- Also in Iown, Jay Asher's Thirteen Reasons Why has sparked a bit of controversy. I had no idea that high school teachers read aloud to their classes.
I'm always glad to hear of reading aloud, especially to high schoolers. That's awesome. Hope all goes ok for her. And that super sounds reasonable--never thought I'd hear myself say that about upper admin!
Posted by: teacherninja | 03 December 2008 at 11:57 AM
I read aloud to my high school students often. It helps them understand narrative pacing. Also, in an inner city school in a very large city, I find that struggling readers have improved comprehension when they are read to.
Posted by: Vanessa | 03 December 2008 at 12:04 PM
That's really cool, Vanessa -- that aspect of the article made me jealous!
Posted by: Leila | 03 December 2008 at 12:14 PM
The following is the sacred document in Scientology known as OTIII. Scientologists deny it exists as part of their Operating Thetan literature. It was written by L. Ron Hubbard in 1967. Hubbard wrote that if you read this document before you have achieved a level of scholarship, you will get pneumonia and die. The cost to get to that level: $360,000.
“The head of the Galactic Confederation (76 planets around larger stars visible from here) (founded 95,000,000 yrs ago, very space opera) solved overpopulation (250 billion or so per planet -- 178 billion on average) by mass implanting. He caused people to be brought to Teegeeack (Earth) and put an H Bomb on the principal volcanoes (Incident 2) and then the Pacific area ones were taken in boxes to Hawaii and the Atlantic Area ones to Las Palmas and there "packaged." His name was Xenu. He used renegades. Various misleading data by means of circuits etc. was placed in the implants. When through with his crime (R/)Loyal Officers (to the people) captured him after 6 years of battle and put him in an electronic mountain trap where he still is. "They" are gone. The place (Confed.)has since been a desert.” - Hubbard
See it in his original handwriting at xenu.net. Learn more about the fight against the criminal cult of Scientology on whyweprotest.net. Make a different by copy-pasting this and posting it somewhere else as part of International Post OTIII Day and in honor of Lisa McPherson, who died on Dec 5 1995 after being starved to death by Scientologists.
Posted by: Anonymous | 05 December 2008 at 12:58 AM