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Teacher sacked after reading 'explicit' passage from Anne Frank's diary

Frank details her exploration of her own body parts and her sexuality while going through puberty in the 2018 adaptation

September 20, 2023 11:43
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A US middle school teacher in Texas has been fired after reading an explicit passage from an adaptation of Anne Frank’s diary aloud to students.

Parents voiced their outrage after learning of the book's use in the Hamshire-Fannett Middle School’s curriculum.

‘Anne Frank’s Diary: The Graphic Adaptation’ was reportedly on a reading list the Texas school sent out to parents at the start of the school year, though district officials claimed it had never been approved for classroom use. 

In a graphic adaptation of the famed diary from 2018, Frank details her exploration of her own body parts and her sexuality while going through puberty.