June 16, 1999 07:33pm
Teacher Destroys Student's 'Porn'
Source: AP
PANAMA CITY, Fla. (AP) - A fourth-grade student was reading a magazine when his teacher, Wanda Nelson, grabbed it, called it ``pornography,'' ripped up the offending pages and threw them in a trash can.
The magazine was National Geographic, and the pornography was an article on evolution that included drawings of naked humans.
Yesterday, the Cherry Street Elementary School teacher received a written reprimand for ``inappropriate action.''
But the school superintendent did not believe censorship was an issue.
Bay County School Superintendent Larry Bolinger said he supported the teacher's right to stop what she considered a disruption, but said she crossed the line when she damaged the magazine.
Sebastian Allen, 10, had taken his older brother's magazine, a rare collector's issue, to school after Ms. Nelson had encouraged students to bring reading material from home in case they completed a state assessment test before time ran out.
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