“Friday Night Lights,” the bestselling 1990 book about the 1988 Odessa Permian football team, has been banned from schools in Mason City, Iowa. The decision...
The decision did not sit well with Bissinger, whose book was one of 19 removed from school shelves in Mason City.. “There’s no sex at all. I’ve never depicted a sex act. I don’t know what the [expletive] they’re talking about. I purposely stayed away from that.“My book is being falsely depicted. The tragedy is, this is a great book for kids. It is a great book for teenage males because they don’t like to read anything.
There is no record of the book being banned in Texas, but starting Sept. 1 there will be regulations in the state on what books children can read — or be denied — at schools.will require vendors to assign a rating to books with sexual content before selling them to school districts, and it was signed into law in June by Gov. Greg Abbott.
“Why don’t you read the book first and then make up your mind?” Bissinger said. “Instead, you rely on AI? ... This is what happens when you’re actually too lazy to do what you need to do.“It’s also symbolic of how we don’t read anymore. Let’s go to AI. Pathetic. Yeah, absolutely pathetic, and infuriating and dangerous. Because who knows what other school districts will do in Iowa or around the country.
, but a disputed algebra grade for star running back/cornerback Gary Edwards led to a lengthy legal battle and ultimately led to the UIL stripping Carter of its state title.“There are now elements of our society who believe that it’s in their interest to shield kids and to shield readers from anything that puts a certain perspective on the United States,” Bissinger told.
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