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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 309029" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>Do I come from a different era or what??</p><p> </p><p>I don't recall banned books ever being an issue in our school libraries when I grew up. And we had a wide variety of subjects in there. Of course no school library is big enough to accomedatef every book out there......but ours had a wide variety.....don't recall any popular books ever being banned.</p><p> </p><p>I have an issue with them banning any book. There is no need for a school library to "ban" anything. Simply don't buy it and leave it at that.</p><p> </p><p>I read a book in hs that I can't recall the title.....but OMG it was one powerful book talking about poverty in the big city, gang life, ect......just awesome written from a teen's point of view. I'm guessing it would be banned now.....as it got rather graphic and the language was also graphic. I learned alot from that book. Stuff that I still carry with me. There were plenty of other books like that. Some we read in classes.</p><p> </p><p>The trouble I have with banning.......is who gets to decide what is or isn't appropriate?</p><p> </p><p>My kids teachers caught holy hades for reading the Harry Potter books in class........It almost was stopped. Until parents spoke up. Those who wanted it stopped were in the vast minority.......they got the option of their child leaving the room while the books were read. </p><p> </p><p>Parents should have the final say.......maybe with majority rule. Afterall, it's their kids attending the schools. Banning in my opinion gives the wrong impression that a book is bad. How about labeling it with inappropriate for age level or something that makes more sense?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 309029, member: 84"] Do I come from a different era or what?? I don't recall banned books ever being an issue in our school libraries when I grew up. And we had a wide variety of subjects in there. Of course no school library is big enough to accomedatef every book out there......but ours had a wide variety.....don't recall any popular books ever being banned. I have an issue with them banning any book. There is no need for a school library to "ban" anything. Simply don't buy it and leave it at that. I read a book in hs that I can't recall the title.....but OMG it was one powerful book talking about poverty in the big city, gang life, ect......just awesome written from a teen's point of view. I'm guessing it would be banned now.....as it got rather graphic and the language was also graphic. I learned alot from that book. Stuff that I still carry with me. There were plenty of other books like that. Some we read in classes. The trouble I have with banning.......is who gets to decide what is or isn't appropriate? My kids teachers caught holy hades for reading the Harry Potter books in class........It almost was stopped. Until parents spoke up. Those who wanted it stopped were in the vast minority.......they got the option of their child leaving the room while the books were read. Parents should have the final say.......maybe with majority rule. Afterall, it's their kids attending the schools. Banning in my opinion gives the wrong impression that a book is bad. How about labeling it with inappropriate for age level or something that makes more sense? [/QUOTE]
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