I need pros and cons about why banned books should be kept in or out of middle schools.
Also, parents for or against banned books in middle schools.
American Library Association page about Censorship in Schools
http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/oif/ifissues/censorshipschools.cfm
This is a listing of links relating to censorship.
Especially, look at the links relating to minors http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/oif/ifissues/issuesrelatedlinks/minorslibraries.cfm
More sites listed on the ipl2 site: http://www.ipl.org/IPL/Finding?Key=banned+books
March 8th, 2010 at 11:06 am
Uhhm, cause they’re banned?
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The question gives you reason enough.
March 8th, 2010 at 11:35 am
Not too very long ago, I saw a normal looking 4th grader cuss out his mother. They were shopping for whatnot, and he just yelled at her as a result of his selfishness because she wouldn’t get him his poptarts. Now I do realize that this could be the result of laxed parenting or perhaps the example of an aggressive father, but where did he learn to cuss? These weren’t regular old potty mouth words either. This is the stuff that MTV and youtube has on all the time. This kid was yelling R-rated words! (heh, well pg-13 words now. That even proves my point some). Our culture has dumbed down what should be punished or looked down upon. Cussing is starting to become "acceptable" in society, but at 10 years of age?! If banned books are taken out of middle school, that’s just one less influence on those children’s lives to behave inappropriately and out of character
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March 8th, 2010 at 11:46 am
Because PABBIS is full of puritans who think everything in society today is suggestive.
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March 8th, 2010 at 12:05 pm
American Library Association page about Censorship in Schools
http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/oif/ifissues/censorshipschools.cfm
This is a listing of links relating to censorship.
Especially, look at the links relating to minors http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/oif/ifissues/issuesrelatedlinks/minorslibraries.cfm
More sites listed on the ipl2 site: http://www.ipl.org/IPL/Finding?Key=banned+books
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March 8th, 2010 at 12:55 pm
Not too very long ago, I saw a normal looking 4th grader cuss out his mother. They were shopping for whatnot, and he just yelled at her as a result of his selfishness because she wouldn’t get him his poptarts. Now I do realize that this could be the result of laxed parenting or perhaps the example of an aggressive father, but where did he learn to cuss? These weren’t regular old potty mouth words either. This is the stuff that MTV and youtube has on all the time. This kid was yelling R-rated words! (heh, well pg-13 words now. That even proves my point some). Our culture has dumbed down what should be punished or looked down upon. Cussing is starting to become "acceptable" in society, but at 10 years of age?! If banned books are taken out of middle school, that’s just one less influence on those children’s lives to behave inappropriately and out of character
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