A headteacher has apologised to parents after their kids were issued with English homework containing graphic references.<\/p>\n
The 11-year-olds were mistakenly asked to read a section of a book describing a well known case in which\u00a0a wife chopped her husband\u2019s penis off.<\/p>\n
One parent described the homework assignment, given to Year 7 pupils at Mortimer Community College in South Shields as \u201cdisgusting\u201d, claiming the passage was packed with \u201cfilthy innuendos\u201d.<\/p>\n
The school said the homework had been given out by mistake and letters of apology had been posted out to parents explaining the error.<\/p>\n
Claire Mullane, headteacher at the school,\u00a0told the Evening Chronicle\u00a0: \u201cThis was a mistake.<\/p>\n
\u201cA member of staff had asked the students to read the extract but had not read it herself first.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe was supposed to have picked out a specific paragraph for the pupils to read rather than the whole extract.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe in no way condone that sort of approach, however it was an error.\u201d<\/p>\n
The extract, part of 11 pages taken from Bill Bryson\u2019s book, Tales from a Small Island, made reference to\u00a0American wife Lorena Bobbitt\u00a0cutting off \u201cher husband\u2019s **** and flinging it out the window\u201d.<\/p>\n
Specific extracts by Mr Bryson are understood to be used by schools as part of English lessons.<\/p>\n
Mrs Mullane added: \u201cOnce we were aware of what had happened, we acted on it immediately and spoke to the class in question and apologised to them.<\/p>\n
\u201cMyself and the member of staff have now written to parents of the pupils concerned and they should have received those letters at the weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n
One mum, whose 11-year-old child was given the homework, said: \u201cI was disgusted that she came home with this.<\/p>\n
\u201cI appreciate the school apologised but, in my eyes, the damage is done because the kids have read it now.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe headteacher said the extract should not have been included in the 11 pages given out. The whole thing was full of filthy innuendos.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow the Government can say this is acceptable to use in school is beyond me.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat other people do in their homes with their children is entirely up to them, but my child does not hear anything like this at home.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m mortified she has been spoon fed this from a teacher.\u201d<\/p>\n
–<\/p>\n
Source: Mirror.co.uk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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