D'S (7) came home with a Michael Morpurgo reading book "The castle in the field". When we were reading it I noticed in three places stickers have been placed over words /phrases and alternative words written on top. A little bit of investigation show that the censored words aren't swear words but the phrases "Thank God" and "we swore on our mother's grave". Now I am presuming that this has been done by the school rather than some crazy parent. What would your reaction to this be? I have put note in his reading diary asking the school if they carried out the censoring and asking them to explain the reasons for it. What I really want to do though is to into the school and rant and rave about the evils of censorship and ask them if they have gone mad. I won't do that but I don't think I can let it lie.
I have namechanged as this could out me. The school is in Northern Ireland but is a state school. What would you do if this was your primary school?
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To find this type of censorship by school bizarre.
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Exasperatedcroc · 11/03/2017 07:16
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