Museum of Ignorance: witchcraft in the 21st century

MaryAnn Johanson

on June 8, 2007 1:13 PM | permalink | comments (2)

Apparently the fictional exploits of the boy wizard are good for flushing delusional morons out of our educational systems:

A primary school teaching assistant refused to let a child read a Harry Potter book because she was afraid of the spells, a tribunal heard today.
Assistant Sariya Allan, 47, believed her spirit would have been harmed if she had to listen to a seven-year-old read from the JK Rowling book.

The born-again Christian told the pupil: "I don't do witchcraft."

It makes you wonder how these idiots can function in the modern world, doesn’t it?

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2 Comments

by Ken on June 8, 2007 4:10 PM

She was suspended by the school and said that she resigned on July 21 last year as she felt "harassed, humiliated, and discriminated" against. Hmmm...what's a good way to celebrate the anniversary of her resignation...

by Clayj on June 8, 2007 7:57 PM

Good thing that Chuck Palahniuk's Lullaby isn't on the list of reading materials. I'd hate for someone to think there really is such a thing as a culling song... a sequence of words that kills if read to someone or if even thought at someone. (The truth, of course, is that there is such a thing as a culling song. I have it safely locked away at home with my copy of Monty Python's "killer joke".)

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