Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
In California, latest banned book is the dictionary
The Menifee Union School District has temporarily decided that the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary ban be returned to fourth and fifth grade classrooms. The dictionary was yanked when a curious student came across a definition for oral sex (“oral stimulation of the genitals”).
Parents, of course, were outraged that such a tawdry book as the dictionary could [...]
