District 214 Anti-Book Ban
I do not believe that the following novels should be banned from District 214 reading lists.The Things They Carried, Tim OBrianSlaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt VonnegutThe Awakening, by Kate ChopinBeloved... continue reading »
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"Go ahead, shelter us more, please. Please hold us back from reading about reality, so that when we experience adult events, we won't be able to get by without you holding our hands. Please keep us on a course that will lead to the complete degeneration of"
"This is the same woman who through a fit when our school (BG) elected a gay HC court...The thing she doesn't realize is we've grown up with these issues, and we are old enough to determine what we can and can't read content wise. I don't need some conserv"
"Banning books is, essentially, a denial of freedom of choice. Censorship of any kind cannot be tolerated."
"I am a student who would like to read these books in school. I believe that it is absolutely ridculous and absurd for this book ban to be put in place. Although you can take the most vile and dirty exerpts from a book does not mean that the book, as a who"
"that is not cool, read the books they are great."
"I think we're old enough to handle these books."
"I don't even know the women, and I hate her already from what she has stated."
"I loved the book Perks of being a Wallflower and that is one of the only books that i have read that i actually read ahead"
"censorship is censorsh*t"
"I read a few of the mentioned books and I think, no, know that this is a huge mistake. Although they are very different books, I learned a lot about what we were studying. We're not going to get anywhere with this. There will just be a lot of angry teens."
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"i can't belive that in this day and age, that a school in our scociety would evan consider banning any book, much less these, well written novels"
"I'm posititve that if you took the time to read these novels, then you might understand their significance. When certain excerpts are taken out of context from these novels, they may appear misleading and "inappropriate." However, when these books are rea"
"This is plain ridiculous. Read the books, lady."
"great work, students!"
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