A Spanish teacher has defended himself after being fired after reading a passage from To Kill A Mockingbird to his class that included the n-word.
Matthew Mastronardi, who worked at West Valley High School in Spokane, Washington, had overheard students discussing the classic Harper Lee novel in his classroom when he was asked to read a passage aloud, which included the n-word.
His students, according to Mastronardi, said they skipped over the controversial slur within the text as per another teacher’s instructions.
