Should Schools Be Allowed to Ban Books
Should schools be allowed to ban certain reading material?
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No
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I believe that schools should be allowed to ban books. Many books have materials in them that are inappropriate for students. If they feel like it is inappropriate, they should be able to do what ever they feel is necessary to prevent students from reading it. The school officals and librarians have a pretty good sense of judgement on what is school appropriate and what is not. Side: Yes
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I agree. Most of the books on the banned book list are banned because of some of the words they contain. Just because a book contains a word that may not be acceptable anymore, doesn't mean that we should completely disregard it. That was how life was in the time period the book was written in. We just need to make sure if these books are read in school, we explain the parts that may be an issue. Side: No
There is always the argument that parents know what's best for children, and that certainly is true, in most cases. However, when banning of books starts happening, it probably originated with a parental complaint. Should libraries have pornographic material? Of course not, but no one in their right mind would argue that. If we start banning books, we will turn into the dystopian universe that exists in scary novels like 1984, Fahrenheit 411, The Hunger Games. We're not this place. Let's not end up there. Side: No
Books are a great gateway for knowledge. They provide a broad variety of information from a great number of veiwpoints. What knowledge and veiwpoints that students want to learn and take sides with should be up to the students themselves and not a "higher athority" such as the school. It's a basic right to have a personal opinion. Side: No
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I don't think schools should be allowed to ban books. If a school is unhappy about a book, just don't order it! Families should teach their children about what books match their morals. A student should be smart enough to only read books that interest them. A student should know well enough to not read a book that makes them uncomfortable. If a school bans books, these sheltered kids will go to a job or college and they will be thrown into a big, dirty world and they will have no idea what to do. They will be confused with all of the kissing, swearing, PDA, and other things that go on in the real world. Are schools supposed to get kids ready for the real world, or should they shelter them and make them extremely unprepared for life? Side: No
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