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This dad responded in the best way when his kid’s school asked for permission to read “Fahrenheit 451”

This dad responded in the best way when his kid’s school asked for permission to read “Fahrenheit 451”
This dad responded in the best way when his kid’s school asked for permission to read “Fahrenheit 451”

For anyone that isn’t a die-hard book lover, literature can seem pretty boring. But that’s not the case at all. From books that help change our understanding of the world to books that help with self-care, they do a whole more than just give readers a good story. Because literature does so much to enrich our lives, it is important that we fight for schools’ inclusions of books that have been banned for various reasons. So when this eighth grade student had to get parental permission to read Fahrenheit 451 in school, his dad’s response was perfect.

According to Huffington Post, Daniel Radish — a senior writer on The Daily Show — tweeted out his response after seeing the permission slip from his child’s school in order to read Ray Bradbury’s classic Fahrenheit 451 — a classic novel that famously questions censorship.

Ever the comedian, Radosh’s response quickly gained popularity over the Internet. Check it out for yourself:

His response to the teacher reads:

“I love this letter! What a wonderful way to introduce students to the theme of Fahrenheit 451 that books are so dangerous that the institutions of society ― schools and parents ― might be willing to team up against children to prevent them from reading one.”

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“It’s easy enough to read the book and say, ‘This is crazy. It could never really happen,’ but pretending to present students at the start with what seems like a totally reasonable ‘first step’ is a really immersive way to teach them how insidious censorship can be.”

Humor aside, the permission slip sheds a much-needed light on the limitations in literature that still exist today. There’s a long history of books being banned from schools and libraries for various themes, but most of the reasons seem pretty ridiculous now. Especially when it comes to classic novels like Fahrenheit 451, it’s ironic that we’re dealing with a novel and real-life issue of censorship. Permission slips to read novels in school (especially for eighth graders like Radosh’s son) seem like they need to be a thing of the past.

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