Is it okay to read someone else's diary?

Short & Curly

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Society & Culture, Kids & Family, Philosophy

4.6 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2022

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Anne Frank was a young Jewish girl who was killed by the Nazi's a long time ago. Before she died she wrote a diary which ended up become a book. It has now been read by millions of people and is often given to school kids to read in English class. But should we really be reading her diary at all? Interview: Stephanie Irvine Brains Trust: Newtown Public School: Kate, Wolfgang, Gabriel, Jesse, Betty, Honey.

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0:00.0	This is an ABC podcast.
0:06.0	I just love libraries.
0:10.0	This isn't just any library, it's my old school library.
0:14.0	Yeah, that's right, I can't buy membership cards, suckers, but they're super strict about noise.
0:20.0	Oh, sorry. Well, you know what I find really invigorating about libraries?
0:25.0	Smelling those old, musty pages.
0:28.0	Okay, for me, it's the Jewish decimal system.
0:31.0	Just, ah, just a genius way to organize libraries, I love it so much.
0:36.0	Yeah, that's because we're such big book nerds.
0:40.0	Carl, follow you.
0:42.0	Attention, the library is a quiet place.
0:46.0	Could the children in the non-fiction aisle keep their voices down please?
0:51.0	Nice, they thought we were kids.
0:53.0	I think that was just you, buddy.
0:56.0	Okay, it should be around here somewhere.
0:58.0	Actually, you never told me, what book are you looking for?
1:01.0	Oh, here we are, the diary section.
1:04.0	Okay, where is it?
1:07.0	Wait, Molly, you can't read someone else's diary? That's private.
1:12.0	Quiet, please children. I'm an adult man.
1:16.0	Shh. Ah, here it is.
1:19.0	The diary of a young girl by Anne Frank.
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