Bus Driver Orders Eight-year-old to Stop Reading … Because Books are Dangerous

‘A Canadian father is disgruntled after a school bus driver ordered his eight-year-old daughter to stop reading books during bus rides, citing safety concerns.

Quebec resident Sarah Auger, presumably a grade 3 student, claims she was commanded to cease her innocent pastime of reading on the bus during her 20-minute rides to and from school.

Auger says her bus driver told her that “reading posed a risk to other students on the bus,” according to CBC News.

The driver said Auger’s books may cause other students to curiously stand up and look over seats, or that the book could possibly be a dangerous object whose sharp corners could poke someone’s eye out.’

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