An eighth-grade teacher was fired from Hamshire-Fannett ISD, just south of Beaumont, for reading an illustrated version of Anne Frank's diary. The district confirmed with KFDM-TV that the teacher was released Sept. 13 and there has been an active investigation. The unnamed teacher was said to have read and made students read aloud parts of "Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Adaptation."
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On social media, discussion on the school's decision to fire the teacher has erupted.
On X, formerly Twitter, one user wrote, "Teachers getting fired for doing their job and trying to properly educate their students is outrageous. Society reaches a new level of absurdity every day."
Another posted a page of the book with sexually explicit content with the caption, "We have no problem with the diary of Anne Frank. This is what's in this version."
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Sonia Garcia
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