SEXellence in Education
These seven books are both on the www.classkc.org petition as well as assigned to Blue Valley kids for 2005 summer reading assignments.
| Title | A sampling of the content and messages in the book |
|---|---|
| Song of Solomon | 12 types of deviant sex including sex with cows, many types of sex with children, suicide is glorified, f-word-this, f-word-that |
| Beloved | infanticide, oral/homosexual rape, "f-ing cows" is referenced several times, sex with a ghost who becomes pregnant, f-words |
| Hot Zone | grisly, graphic, and profane, f-ing f-words, teaches that AIDS is a result of the Earth defending itself against the human species |
| Lords of Discipline | explicit sex, hazing becomes torture, lots of profanity, "coming of age" theme which is emphasized at Blue Valley which includes descriptions of losing your virginity, f-word, f-ing |
| Stotan | parents are stupid and irrelevant, teens go on an unchaperoned field trip with a teacher, very low literary quality / pulp fiction, a teen athlete drinks and takes street drugs, obviously breaking the law as well as school rules, but the coach gives the athlete no consequences |
| One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | anal/homosexual rape, child sex, other types of sex, extensive profanity, f-ing f-words all over the place, disrespectful to Catholic faith |
| Black Boy | profanity, extreme racism, f-k-g delightful story |
How long will Blue Valley parents and patrons let this continue? Please join 700 other patrons and parents who have petitioned the district to replace 14 sex- and profanity-filled textbooks with higher quality literature by adding your name to the petition.