The Importance Of Book Banning In Schools

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Why is Book banning happening in schools around the world? Book banning should not be something that most of the country is trying to do. School especially should not be trying to ban books I think people who support this would say that the books are too inappropriate for kids to be reading. I think people who don't support this would say books help educate children and make them believe in stories they read. I think adults should let children read books and then tell their parents what they learned from reading a book like Of Mice and Men. My current position on book banning is it shouldn't happen. Types of books that schools would ban are racial themes, alternative lifestyles, profanity, sex, violence, negativity, witchcraft, unpopular …show more content…
They tell their kids they need to live and change the future which can happen if parents and schools let kids read books that they wanted to but, maybe if one isn't right for the age of the child tell them they have to wait till their older. students should be able to read about history and racial themes, alternative lifestyles, profanity, sex, violence, negativity, witchcraft. They are mature enough to know its a story and it happen long ago and can't happen know. Some story are made up so that students can read a story about a life they wish they had instead of the one they were living. Books also have a way of making the students feel like they can relate to the book and the author who wrote the book. Never underestimate a blank piece of paper in the right hands, because words are how we live—and for some of us, they’re why we live.
Inconculis schools may ban books because they think the kids can't read the content of the story and should wait to read it, or never read it. They don't think that they could rewind a students education by getting rid of the books. Book should not get banned they help further educate students. Never underestimate a blank piece of paper in the right hands, because words are how we live—and for some of us, they’re why we live. My current position on book banning is that books shouldn't get

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