Should Parents Ceensor Their Child's Exposure In School?

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I agree with Jalea that parents should not censor their child’s exposure in school. Going to a public school daily allows a child to broaden his or hers own marketplace of ideas. Limiting a child’s ability to socialize with so many different people that may not have the same ideas or background as the child may cause him or her to have a narrow view on several diverse topics. The socialization skills a child is able to learn in a public school system allows them to contribute to political discussions and add any new insight that they could have achieved while going to a diverse public school.
I can also speak on this topic with a personal level, as I attended a charter school throughout my four years of high school. Because the school was

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