Move to remove book won't protect students

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One complaint and a Brampton high school principal folded like a cheap tent and removed one of the 20th century's finest books from the Grade 10 curriculum.
One complaint and St. Edmund Campion Secondary School students can no longer study Harper Lee's classic To Kill A Mockingbird in the classroom.
They can still read the book, which is available in the school's library and in local bookstores. One complaint hasn't banned it there, at least not yet.
But it's ridiculous that this complaint from a parent will deprive students from studying a novel which won the Pulitzer prize for literature in 1961.
This principal certainly had options. He could have stood by the book, told the parent of its merits, and said it would be taught.
The offended parent also had options. His or her teenager could have asked to read another book in place of To Kill A Mockingbird.
At least then the other 25 or 30 students in the class would not have been deprived of the experience of discussing and writing assignments about Lee's classic.
Not to mention learning about the fictional lives of Atticus Finch, his children Scout and Jem, Boo Radley, Tom Robinson and the Ewell family.

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