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Seems like a safe bet that the parents are overreacting to their kids' reports of the book's contents. I can imagine a young teenager mentioning the fact that the children in Ender's Game are sometimes nude (albeit in a nonsexual way). There is almost no chance that the parent(s) have actually read the book.

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>> There is almost no chance that the parent(s) have actually read the book.

It's sad to think that this might actually be true. I can totally imagine a scenario where except for the teacher and children, none of the other parties making so much noise have read the piece before making a ruckus.

I can imagine a kid telling a parent about the fight scene with Bonzo in the shower, and (with the parent not having much context) it sounding incredibly creepy. So the parent goes to the principal and complains, and the principal (who has also never read the book) decides not to take any chances. After all, nobody wants to be the administrator who "ignored a red flag" in the case that the teacher actually is some kind of creep. So the teacher gets suspended until an investigation is complete, not because the administration is evil or stupid, but simply because the incentives are all aligned for the administration to suspend first, and then ask questions.

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