Agreed.  I have a bad taste in my mouth about schools right now.  My daughter said she was glad I live sixty miles away from Kyle's school. 

Alicia Nordwell - that sounds familiar, I wonder if I have read any of her stories

I agree with you Andy, why suspend him now

Son of gun. It doesn't seem like a violation of the spirit of the rule. The reaction and suspension does seem overblown. How would they even know what he was reading?

I am DYING HERE LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLll

OMG! Oh, I am laughing so hard right now. Alicia Nordwell, queen of 'smut'! That's so going to be my new title!! I am sorry that your friend's son is in the situation though. The story does have sexual content, graphic even, so I see their point but jeez that's a pretty severe reaction. Now I'm wondering if it's so tame a teenager would risk reading it in school!

LOLLLLLLLLLl Cia your stories are corrupting all the young ones <3

Son of gun. It doesn't seem like a violation of the spirit of the rule. The reaction and suspension does seem overblown. How would they even know what he was reading?

Good Question. Did the boy happen to have it at a rather explicit point of the story? Or did the teacher take the tablet and read the entirety to know what it was and classify it as smut?

I think I would be more upset that the boy apparently was reading while he should have been doing something else, Tell him to put the dang thing away and pay attention then. Hardly matters what it is that he was reading if it wasn't during free time, and if it was, well then was she reading over his shoulder?

Maybe the one vice principal I was forced to deal with is correct and I am "way too liberal".  Odd that - my family thinks me the most conservative of our lot!

Sounds like they are trying to censor and would lose if taken to court here in the U.S.

Alicia Nordwell, queen of 'smut'! That's so going to be my new title!!

And I had always thought of you as a gifted author who only wrote sexy scenes when they were needed, now I know better  Keep up the great writing Cia.

How would they even know what he was reading?

Did the boy happen to have it at a rather explicit point of the story?

Apparently Michael just happened to be reading one of the explicit scenes at the time.  It was just bad timing.  If it had been two minutes earlier then there wouldn't be a problem.

Bit of good news: common sense has prevailed (kind of)!  I've been told that given there's only a few days of term left and that Michael wasn't handing out the story for other kids to read, his headteacher has decided not to record Michael's three day vacation as a formal suspension.

However, James has been told that Michael will have to leave his Kindle at home in future unless it only contains stories suitable for minors, as if there is a repeat occurrence he will not get off so lightly.