Censorship In My Song Rocky Mountain High

One problem school systems come across in the 21 century is censorship,censorship is something that should not exist. Now students spend most free time on the internet soaking up everything the web shows them. Content can come across as inappropriate and many believe that some content should be censored or labeled. On the contrary, censorship takes away freedom of speech and expression. Many believe people should have the right the see what they want. In addition, censorship is very ineffective to students and parents. Censorship is something that the Library Media Selection Committee should not bring into students daily lives. First and foremost, students freedom of speech and expression is crushed when censorship is in the picture. With censorship students are not able to express their emotions and feelings. Take it from an artist who knows what it is like, “My song Rocky Mountain High was banned from many radio stations….This was obviously done by people who have never experienced the elation, celebration of life, or the joy of living that one feels…”(source 2). Students will no longer get that thrilling, one edge aspect from music with censorship. They will not be able to get the feels the musician is trying to …show more content…
Censorship crushes students freedom by breaking the First Amendment and smashing students way to express feelings. With censorship, no longer would the teenage society be able to emote their feelings. In addition, censorship can conclude to be ineffective for both parents and teens. Children are already exposed to inappropriate content from other aspects of society. Labeling also can be protecting students from the wrong thing. Lastly, parents should be the deciding critics to what their children are exposed to. Is censorship really helping the way we protect students from offensive subject matter? In conclusion, censorship should not be established in school