‘It’s hilarious’: Asst. principal
stunned after he’s booted for reading
‘I Need a New Butt’ to second-graders
Biz Pac Review,
by
Melissa Fine
Original Article
Posted By: Beardo,
3/11/2022 12:53:58 PM
Mississippi elementary school assistant principal Toby Price was shown the door last week after, in what the superintendent called “a lack of professionalism,” he read a second-grade class a book called “I Need a New Butt.”
The book, written by Dawn McMillan, is a “silly” story about a young boy’s quest to find a new butt because his “has a huge crack.”
“Will he choose an armor-plated butt?” the Amazon description asks. “A rocket butt? Find out in this quirky tale of a tail, which features hilarious rhymes and delightful illustrations.”
Reply 1 - Posted by:
JunkYardDog 3/11/2022 12:58:10 PM (No. 1096962)
His next book reading will be I NEED A NEW JOB
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
lynngirl122 3/11/2022 12:59:16 PM (No. 1096963)
What is this guy's "orientation?"
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Corndoggies 3/11/2022 1:03:03 PM (No. 1096970)
Little kids giggle over farrt and butt because they know it’s naughty. They don’t need an adult in a position of authority normalizing it. I feel so old right now.
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Send him to gen pop at the local hoosgow and let him write the epilog.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Lawsy0 3/11/2022 1:14:17 PM (No. 1096987)
That was a good call by one particular school board. Bet that former teacher has a potty mouth to match his reading preferences. I am 80 years old and am still shocked that in high school English, we had to read the Canterbury Tales by Chaucer.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
sjredwood 3/11/2022 1:40:25 PM (No. 1097008)
The breathless admiration with which this article is written(and in the comments) is disturbing. This book is the stuff of which kids giggle at recess, outside the ears of adults. This moron thinks he is somehow building a relationship with these kids by stepping into their world. Super. But it's not about him (When, when, when will liberals learn this?) It's about THE KIDS and as an educator he owes them something more than being hungry for being liked by them and getting them to giggle along with his antics.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Grackle 3/11/2022 1:42:05 PM (No. 1097010)
Two thoughts:
Educators are usually hard to fire. It MAY be likely that this was the straw that broke the camel's back. Butt maybe not. The guy was asked to call an audible in his superior's absence, so he reached for what was near at hand.
Thought two: there is a bunch of fuddy-duddies on this thread. This book is clearly harmless and geared toward elementary schoolers' humor. It would be different if it had some type of ideological axe to grind about sexuality or gender identity. If you want children to learn to enjoy reading, you're not going to give a first grader The Federalist Papers.
I think we've jumped the shark when one genuine conservative has to say to others on a conservative message board: "Lighten up, Francis."
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
TrueBlueWfan 3/11/2022 1:42:44 PM (No. 1097011)
It seems harmless to me. Hardly anything to get fired over.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Roscoelewis 3/11/2022 1:43:09 PM (No. 1097012)
Young people, if you are thinking about a career, avoid teaching. State mandates and teacher evaluation techniques have turned the profession into one of constant anxiety. ...worried about saying something that's not woke enough, about when is the next administrator sneaking into the room to spy on you with a "walk through evaluation" and nitpicking micromanagement. It's walking on egg shells all day.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
envirodude 3/11/2022 1:46:42 PM (No. 1097015)
Don’t bleed your heart for this guy. His go fund me account, that he started in the behalf of himself is over $22,000. It’s more money he made working for some crummy poor rural school district.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
PostAway 3/11/2022 1:59:11 PM (No. 1097027)
My children and I attended prep schools and elite universities and my husband, their father, attended a most highly selective college and has an advanced degree in nuclear engineering. I was raised in a Midwestern WASP home where good manners were never optional. My point is that I take education and upbringing very seriously and yet I’ve read that book (from the library) to my grandchildren at bedtime. It’s silly and harmless, the worst part being the saying of the word “butt”. Giggles galore. This author of this article must be leaving something out.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
clipped wings 3/11/2022 2:28:47 PM (No. 1097054)
Poor judgment on the part of the (former) assistant principal. He could have read a big seller —no kidding— like “Walter The Farting Dog.” /s
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kono 3/11/2022 2:44:22 PM (No. 1097066)
Tragic life lesson number ninety-two: It's dangerous to joke about wanting a new butt around a bunch of middle-aged women who still lament the day theirs fell and have longed for years to have a new one, themselves.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
TJ54 3/11/2022 2:48:18 PM (No. 1097069)
The guy looks like a weirdo
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Jethro bo 3/11/2022 3:15:08 PM (No. 1097085)
Odd things are happening. Parents are domestic terrorist that attend school board meetings. Yet, they vote. And some educators have noticed this disturbing trend. Just as the Woke movement made its way into schools the Parents Awake moment is moving back into schools. What was once acceptable now is questioned by parents. And educators have a new fear of accountability if parents vote in parent oriented school boards. It shall be interesting to watch how this plays out over the next couple of election cycles.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
stablemoney 3/11/2022 3:23:47 PM (No. 1097095)
Toby should have received a new boot. No one wants vulgarity pushed into their faces.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
downnout 3/11/2022 3:45:38 PM (No. 1097111)
If I had used the word butt in second grade my mouth would have been washed out with soap.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
BluesClues 3/11/2022 3:51:36 PM (No. 1097117)
I've raised four kids. Kids LOVE to talk about butts and farts. That is comedy to a second grader. Have you ever farted in front of a 7 year old? They ROFL. If I were this guy, I wouldn't want my job back. I'd be looking for a different school system while I figured out how to sue the old school for wrongful termination.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
BarryNo 3/11/2022 3:53:49 PM (No. 1097118)
I haven't seen the book.
My first reaction, though was an assumption it was dome transgender grooming session, but I just may be over-sensitized by all the crap LGBTQ+ has been hurling around.
I have never been critical of friends/neighbors/family members who chose the gay ifestyle, but none of them are rubbing it in my face and gloating, either. Activists, of ANY ilk, make me grind my teeth
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
winmag 3/11/2022 4:09:07 PM (No. 1097131)
I wonder if Mayor Pete or Jussie Smollett might be needing a new butt soon.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
ussjimmycarter 3/11/2022 4:09:50 PM (No. 1097133)
Grew up on Mad Magazine and National Lampoon! What is the problem with butt? Wow!
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
msjena 3/11/2022 4:46:43 PM (No. 1097157)
I don't like the little F word, but I think this was pretty harmless. Since when is "butt" a dirty word. The kids must have thought this was hilarious.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
kbcama 3/11/2022 5:17:28 PM (No. 1097182)
I teach at a Christian preschool. I am retired and this is my 6th year teaching.
Not too long ago this book came up under suggestions for me on Amazon as I have ordered several children's books from them. I thought then it was in bad taste. BUT I thought that my child when he was about 8 years old would probably have thought it was hilarious.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
Talk2 3/12/2022 10:52:54 AM (No. 1097840)
It may be funny but the alphabet group are trying to indoctrinate our children into their abnormality so blame the reaction on the "in your face" aggressive agenda of that group. The pendulum swings and pray it is beginning to swing away from this insane crowd.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
broken01 4/21/2022 8:57:52 AM (No. 1134180)
I was in second grade a few years right after shows like Sesame Street and Scooby-Doo Where Are You first came on line. Back then teachers, assistant principals were normal and just wanted to teach and take care of us. So if a book like this was read we'd laugh and think that it was funny (what 7 year old wouldn't). Because kids back then were safe in school. Fast forward to 2022. You now have teacher, asst. principals, principals and school board administers thinking that it's ok if your 7 year old gets taught about racism, homosexuality and transgenderism. I don't give a fudge that the book is so-called "geared towards elementary schoolers" In my opinion it's not appropriate in the school environment we have to deal with. Period. What's next "Heather has Two Mommies?"
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