Book of Optics

Will textbooks and books in general become obsolete anytime soon? Technology is quickly advancing and becoming more widely used throughout the world. 42% of US adults own a tablet, as tablets have become more popular, a debate has formed on wether or not they should replace textbooks. Proponets of having tablets say they are supported by most teachers and students, they are much lighter than textbooks, tablets can hold hundreds of books, and that digital textbooks are cheaper than print…

does not mean it will not happen in life. Most parents like to protect their children from hard topics such as racism, sexual expression and profanity. This book is not all about those things, it is about finding one's self, teaching lessons, and looking up to role models. Discomfort is all in this book, but it feels that way only because the book displays what…

Reading books and annotating them are one of the main work done in English classes especially books like "To Kill a Mockingbird" written by Harper Lee. Why should the Heritage curriculum eliminate such a good book like that? In "To Kill a Mockingbird", Harper Lee shows that racism, discrimination and cruelty is powerful than reason and intelligence. There are a lot of reasons to keep "To Kill a Mockingbird" book and not to eliminate it. This book has been a choice to read this book from the…

"Freedom Writers" Banned Book What is a banned book? A banned book is a challenged book that has actually been removed from the shelves. According to several sources, this book has been prohibited from most high schools for the following reasons: drug references, violence, and profanity. The literary merit of this book outweighs the reasons for the book being prohibited from book shelves. Although I can understand the reasoning behind the prohibition of this book, I feel teens are mature…

Books and thinking and talking, OH MY! Reading can take you to a new world. Reading can benefit you in many different ways. Not only does it make you more knowledgeable and widens your vocabulary, but reading makes you think. Is reading always the answer? In Ray Bradbury’s novel Fahrenheit 451 when technology twists society people can not gain knowledge. No books are to be read in this horrible and dark dystopia. Which limits the people to not be able to talk with one another that much. Everyone…

reading a banned book, I think that it should be banned. “The Great Gatsby” is what I read for this project. I enjoyed this book and I cannot wait till I see the movie. “The Great Gatsby” was published in 1925 by F. Scott Fitzgerald. I am not big on classic books but I really enjoyed this classic. I do agree that this book should be banned, but not from everyone. This book should be banned for children under the age of 13. I am going to tell you, with the sources I have used, why this book was…

Question 21. What were your feelings after reading the first few pages of the book? What details from the book made you feel that way? When I read the first few chapters of Cress by Marissa Meyer, I was filled with excitement to keep reading; the first chapters were not only continuing the stories of Cinder and Scarlet, but also adding Cress. Since the book splits between two stories, you have twice the anxiousness. The Cress story gives me a feeling of sorrow, where the story of Cinder and…

The American Library Association created a list of books that are prohibited to read in schools. Due to violence and “mature” content, parents challenge books because they don’t find them very comely for their children to read; the parents believe the books will sully their child’s mind. The list of banned and challenged books includes the story of “Grendel” and The Alice Series. “Grendel” by John C. Gardner tells the 8th century epic of Beowulf from Grendel’s point of view. The story tells of…

Books are banned by schools/ associations. One specific book that I have read is We All Fall Down by Robert Cormier. Books can be banned for nine common reasons these are racial issues, encouragement of damaging life’s, blasphemous, dialogue, sexual situations or dialogue, violence/ negativity, presence of witchcraft, religious afflictions, political bias, and age inappropriate. There are many more reasons in which books can be banned for, my book is banned for vandalism, revenge, and alcoholism…

and scripted dialogues are taking over the minds of the masses. Books have slowly evolved into work, not pleasure. It is hard to find children who spend their time reading a Dr. Seuss book rather than playing Flappy Birds on an iPad. People used to line up to snatch a newly released novel; now people wait in line to watch the next Fast and Furious movie. As other forms of media become more and more popular, the importance and use of books are becoming less and less significant. The saying…