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Oklahoma revokes license of teacher who gave class QR code to Brooklyn library in book-ban protest

Oklahoma’s education board has revoked the license of a former teacher who drew national attention during surging book-ban efforts across the U.S. in 2022 when she covered part of her classroom bookshelf in red tape with the words “Books the state didn’t want you to read.”

The decision Thursday went against a judge who had advised the Oklahoma Board of Education not to revoke the license of Summer Boismier, who had also put in her high school classroom a QR code of the Brooklyn Public Library’s catalogue of banned books.

An attorney for Boismier, who now works at the Brooklyn Public Library in New York City, told reporters after the board meeting that they would seek to overturn the decision.

foggy ,

That’d be like firing the college professor who tells the students they can find the PDF for free online.

Like, politics of book banning aside, if you support this, you’re a fuckin knob.

UnderpantsWeevil ,
@UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world avatar

I’m sure this has happened at a college campus somewhere. College book stores are a huge sinesure for friends of the administration.

shalafi ,

She wasn’t fired for bringing the attention of the children to banned books, she was fired because she embarrassed the school system.

Cadeillac ,
@Cadeillac@lemmy.world avatar

An attorney for Boismier, who now works at the Brooklyn Public Library in New York City

I am assuming and hoping they are talking about the teacher getting a job there. That’s fucking awesome if so

RubberElectrons ,
@RubberElectrons@lemmy.world avatar

I’m hoping the same, that’s quite the story in and of itself.

Cadeillac ,
@Cadeillac@lemmy.world avatar

Right? I couldn’t believe no one had brought it up

Cethin ,

Well, it sounds like the attorney has a job still, and it probably pays a little better too, so I assume so.

jaybone ,

I thought they meant the attorney.

blazera ,
@blazera@lemmy.world avatar

Do you think its a feedback loop that states with the worst test scores make the worst decisions about education?

Snapz ,

A designed loop until they can make the whole thing implode and eliminate public education. Goal is to then drive to religious schools with vouchers that cost more and more work time and importantly to keep woman in the home, not working, and persistently pregnant.

corsicanguppy ,

They think they can force the '50s on America? They realize with house prices there’s no magical white collar job Howard Cunningham can get that will provide enough for a house and allow Miriam to stay home and care for Ritchie and Joanie, right? Even if Miriam has no education and there’s no choice, it’s not enough to support 4 people and a house.

Even beyond the textbook cruelty of subjugating one person under another based on sex like it’s Afghanistan, limiting education so they’re pliable and dehumanized and dependent, the fact remains: it’s impossible financially to re-create the McCarthy era no matter how much they really really want it in their twisted, poisoned hearts.

For so, oh so many reasons, we’re not going back.

jaybone ,

In this scenario, how does the ruling class maintain their numbers? Do they send their kids to private schools where the actual education occurs? Or they haven’t thought that far ahead yet?

Pacattack57 ,

No because the same fuckers have been in power for the last 70 years. They’re the ones that started the changes.

interdimensionalmeme ,

Does anyone have that qr code ?

ChaoticNeutralCzech ,

Streisand effect go!

some_guy ,

I mean, the solution is pretty easy: just stop teaching children to read. See? Problem solved.

masterofn001 ,

Soon:

Only ‘god’s word’ may be read. But only by those appointed by ‘god’.

Reading is the apple in Eden.

Serinus ,

The children yearn for the mines.

floofloof ,

This is how it used to be. Ordinary people couldn’t read the Bible, so they had to take the priests’ word for what was in there. Some evangelicals would truly like to return to this.

jaybone ,

That’s how organized religion started, so…

friend_of_satan ,

Where do I buy that shirt? It’s awesome!

girlfreddy OP ,
@girlfreddy@lemmy.ca avatar

I went looking for it but since the pic is from 2022 I can’t find it anywhere. :(

BossDj ,

It was a smaller, local book store

normantranscript.com/…/article_22773bfc-2fdd-11ed…

girlfreddy OP ,
@girlfreddy@lemmy.ca avatar

Thanks. I found the bookstore and book seller, but the t-shirt isn’t on any of their sites.

I should have been clearer in my post.

7U5K3N ,

shop.bklynlibrary.org/…/books-unbanned-qr-tee-bla…

Looks like it’s print on demand so they aren’t paying to house a large warehouse of stock.

friend_of_satan ,

While it may show words and a QR code with the same message, that one is not something I’d pay for or wear due to the different style. Thanks for the link though.

grue ,

Okay, now I want that first T-shirt, too!

(Pics copied for reference)

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/67949af0-da1f-41df-a30f-291884d1907d.pnghttps://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/347c1ffe-613a-418a-9f14-0558479547f8.png

jaybone ,

First one has that 60s Lounge Rock font. 👍🏻

Diplomjodler3 ,

Chasing away your teachers is a great way to make sure your state stays at the bottom of every US state comparison table, so great job.

Xeroxchasechase ,

… is a great way make an uneducated population for the benefit of the next authoritarian ruler

Samvega ,

Yes. Failing the populace is not a side-effect, it’s the point.

SkyNTP ,

What fun is it being the king of an unhappy, sickly, unemployable mob of peasants? Your dictatorship will not last a month.

tabarnaski ,

Quite the contrary. An uneducated population is easier to fool and to control. And uneducated != unemployable.

corsicanguppy ,

The ditches don’t dig themselves! The hogs don’t clean their own mess. The stamping machine only severs an arm at a time, so get up there and run the stamper with your good arm, Billy!

Samvega ,

Hatred and entitlement aren’t logical.

UnderpantsWeevil ,
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Oklahoma imports it’s high education labor from neighboring Nebraska and Texas, then keeps the locals ignorant and pliable for the cheap local labor

Zorsith ,
@Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

I’m wondering what percentage of high education labor is military veterans who utilized their GI bill to get a better education, Tinker AFB ain’t small. Huge military populations for Texas too, and there’s a history of dumping retirees out the gate and saying “good luck!”.

UnderpantsWeevil ,
@UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world avatar

Oklahoma University and OSU both have big out of state populations, too.

Thrashy ,
@Thrashy@lemmy.world avatar

neighboring Nebraska

Kansas: “Am I a joke to you?”

Cort ,

Yes. Kansas is a joke

the_post_of_tom_joad ,

Chasing away public school teachers on our way to privatizing schools is a goal of theirs so yeah mission accomplished

Gerudo ,

Their education system doesn’t care. They want 1 of 2 things. Easy to control and submissive teachers, or they want to completely tear down the system and build a private one.

corsicanguppy ,

… With authoritarian hierarchy and submissive teachers.

dubious ,

thought experiment:

if everyone in oklahoma ceased to exist, would the world be a better place?

Foni ,

No, this teacher is in Oklahoma and she is trying to make the world a better place

ravhall ,

She got a go fund me for moving expenses?

Snapz ,

Teacher will eventually get a fat, taxpayer-funded lawsuit award. The republicans are such backwards, self-hating, broken people.

How hard would it be for another state, that isn’t so dedicated to shooting its own foot, reinstate/award them a teaching license as a gesture?

Bluefalcon ,

For teachers in that state it would be pretty easy since it’s a compact state. I would recommend Oregon or Washington.

teachercompact.org/compact-map/

finickydesert ,
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Is there a list of libraries who offer a digital library card? (Forgot what’s our called I think it of state library card)

Kaboom ,

So the banned book is available in the public library? Some ban that is.

AbidanYre ,

NYPL doesn’t care what books are banned in Oklahoma schools.

Spiralvortexisalie ,

Small detail, New York City has three public library Systems (New York, Queens, and Brooklyn). While all three have Banned Books events, BPL specifically (in conjunction with Boston Public Library, LA County Library, San Diego Library and Seattle Public Library) runs a service called Books Unbanned that is said to offer a full collection of Banned Books (I believe NYPL and QPL’s banned collections are curated/limited) to essentially any US resident (Many libraries have residency requirements although I believe NYPL and QPL have waived those [when I was kid you had to bring a piece of mail in NYC to get a card]).

cybervseas ,

Well, in the public library in NYC, not Oklahoma.

Lemmeenym ,

Brooklyn is in New York. Also, actual book bans are unconstitutional under the first amendment. What these laws do is prohibit state funded entities like public schools and public libraries in the state from having the books available. The books are still available in privately owned places.

BradleyUffner ,

Except you lose your teaching license if you tell students that, soooo…

cybervseas ,

PraegerU content? Totally fine.

Books kids actually want to read? Verboten.

SkyezOpen ,

I dunno, this penis Prager guy seems pretty cool

youtu.be/jdypWiQPOcM

aeronmelon ,

How regressive and backwards and detrimental to humanity you have to be to get mad at a teacher for distributing educational material.

datavoid ,

Religious conservative levels

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