www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/u... The instructor said she had taught the story for nearly a decade without incident. But in February, according to her lawsuit, the president of South Florida State College, Fred Hawkins, objected to the assignment after a student expressed “mild discomfort.”

Florida Professor Fired for Assigning a Profane Story, Lawsuit SaysSouth Florida State College fired an English professor after she assigned a story about a teacher who talks about sex with her students. Now the professor is suing.www.nytimes.com