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ktheodos

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Banning books
« on: December 02, 2016, 07:11:13 am »
I just read a story about a school district banning two books - Too Kill a Mockingbird and Huckleberry Finn - because of some inappropriate language. Thoughts on this?

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Re: Banning books
« Reply #1 on: December 02, 2016, 07:19:08 am »
there are books with worse language.
too bad.

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Re: Banning books
« Reply #2 on: December 02, 2016, 07:56:27 am »
Ban political correctness, not books.

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Re: Banning books
« Reply #3 on: December 02, 2016, 08:52:35 am »
I think that is stupid.  These books have been around for so many years and no one had a problem with them, why start now.  Some people just have to always be causing some problems.

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Re: Banning books
« Reply #4 on: December 02, 2016, 09:09:45 am »
It is sad when books start being banned.   What's the next step?   And just who gets to determine if a book should be banned.  I understand some parents have issues with their child reading certain books, in those cases I feel if the parents went to discuss it with the teacher and school administrators some options could be presented for that particular student.

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Re: Banning books
« Reply #5 on: December 02, 2016, 10:09:50 am »
HAH. How stupid...

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Re: Banning books
« Reply #6 on: December 02, 2016, 10:25:17 am »
It is sad when books start being banned.   What's the next step? 

Trigger warnings and safe spaces at universities. Banning certain speakers for unpopular viewpoints. Removing our freedom of speech...

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Re: Banning books
« Reply #7 on: December 02, 2016, 11:16:15 am »
That is so stupid.  Kids now can hear worse words just by turning on the tv.
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Re: Banning books
« Reply #8 on: December 02, 2016, 11:17:51 am »
    Difference of opinion! That's all!

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Re: Banning books
« Reply #9 on: December 02, 2016, 11:28:00 am »
Weird because Huckleberry Finn for instance is a real classic.... but if you watch TV, if you see the people that are supposed to represent us as well as some VIPs.... where is the banning there? They can say whatever they want...
And we are judging a book that was written over a century ago? Real nonsense...
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Re: Banning books
« Reply #10 on: December 02, 2016, 06:26:22 pm »
Seems like some people are wound too tight.  They need to relax.  Live and let live.  :heart:
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Re: Banning books
« Reply #11 on: December 02, 2016, 06:41:04 pm »
Well at school kid are not suppost to say bad words, so they should be an example and not permit books that say bad language.

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Re: Banning books
« Reply #12 on: December 02, 2016, 08:45:32 pm »
Those 2 books are mild as compared to today's books.  They want to banned these books-that is really a shame.  Don't these people have anything else to do besides trying to banned books that every child should read.  SMH ???
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Re: Banning books
« Reply #13 on: December 03, 2016, 01:36:32 am »
I'm guessing they were banned due to the use of the N-word. In the case of Huckleberry Finn, I'm sure they could censor the word so kids can still read it, as it's a children's classic.

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Re: Banning books
« Reply #14 on: December 03, 2016, 06:07:40 am »
I believe that schools are far from the first and only choices that a child has to learn. Our taxes go to pay for schools, in the United States, that are so woefully inept that our children are lucky to graduate with their minds intact. Parents need to step in and take participation in their children's futures. I am not saying that home schooling is the answer because children need social interaction. But challenging children, enhancing basic concepts offered by the school systems, and giving them the opportunities to overcome this country's educational shortcomings should be high in the priority sequence of every parent.  If a classic is banned at school then parents should make it a mandatory read at home and explain why the system feels it should be banned. I have raised one valedictorian currently attending the top engineering school in the country. My second child is getting all A's at a private school and, I expect, will follow this through to college.

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