The director of a school is rejected for showing children the photos of El David, by Miguel Angel: “It’s pornography”

A school principal has been fired after complaints from the parents of sixth grade students. The controversy arose because the teacher shared an art class with 11 and 12 year olds to talk about the fabulous Renaissance work of El David, by Michelangelo.

The David, exhibited in the Galleria dell’Accademia in Florence, represents the biblical king of that name naked. The marble sculpture, 5.17 meters high, is iconic. But apparently for a group of parents from a school in Florida, USA, the picture represents “pornography”.

Hope Carrasquilla, now a former director of the center, who, as she explained to “HuffPost”, the situation “was more complicated than that”, because the usual protocol is to send a letter to parents before any artwork is shown classical with students.

It appears that due to “a series of miscommunications,” the letter was not sent to sixth-grade parents and some complained, Carrasquilla said, adding that one parent was “totally upset and felt their child was not he should have seen those things.” leave”. “From time to time you find yourself with a father who gets angry about Renaissance art”, denounced Carrasquilla, and hence the idea of ​​sending the letter.

Carrasquilla, who according to her social media profile has been teaching in public, private and “autonomous” schools for 20 years, told the media that the reason was that classical sculptures of naked characters like David are shown in the sixth grade art program. .

The president of the school, Barney Bishop, confirmed to the channel that he had given Carrasquilla an ultimatum, but did not comment on the reasons, the EFE agency published.

Bishop, who also spoke to the national Huffington Post, indicated that he is lobbying for a law that would give parents more control over the education their children receive in elementary school.

According to its website, “Tallahassee Classical School trains the minds and enhances the hearts of youth through a content-rich classical education in the liberal arts and sciences, with instruction in the principles of moral character and civic virtue.” .

Parents who complained about the images of David, which is considered one of the masterpieces of the Renaissance and one of the most famous sculptures in the world, did so because they dislike “‘woke’ (progressive) indoctrination,” according to the president of the Tallahassee Classical School.

On the initiative of Governor Ron DeSantis, who was re-elected in 2022 for another four years and seems determined to run for the Republican nomination in 2024, a series of laws was passed in Florida they prohibit not only teaching, but also speaking about certain topics in schools, such as gender identity, sexuality, systemic racism and others.