Banning Books

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Throughout society, many people fight over whether or not books should be banned. Books have been debated in different school districts for a very long time due to the topics involved in some of the books written. Some people believe that many books are classics and should be kept since they are a part of our history. They believe books can help guide people on how to act and teach a student many things. On the other hand, other people believe that books should be banned due to the many topics that aren’t suitable for children and students to learn about. Schools should not ban books because books teach us about sensitive topics while teaching us how to improve from them and limiting the amount of books students are exposed to also limits the …show more content…

Come on now, we’re going to go build a mirror factory first and put out nothing but mirrors for the next year and take a long look at them” (Text 4). Through remembering the books, Granger believes that society will be able to look at themselves in a new light and fix their behaviors. This shows that learning and remembering books from the past, can show students their own weaknesses and improve upon them. Books also address important issues such as racism and sexism going on all over the world. As stated in text 1, “Anselme said the theme of the book — about personal responsibility in pushing back against racism — is still relevant.” By reading books about these topics, a student will broaden their understanding of a subject and learn what can be a right and wrong way to act while dealing with these situations. Finally, books show students and adults alike how to act while dealing with situations involving sensitive topics: “‘In the middle of the American civil rights movement, Attitcus comes in as an inspiring figure for many Americans at the time. He gave them a roadmap of how to deal with racism on an individual level’” (Text …show more content…

Another reason why books are crucial to schools and shouldn’t be banned is because reading many types of books helps expose a student to a variety of information that couldn’t be obtained from their experiences alone. Not reading a variety of books and instead a select few confines a student to a limited amount of knowledge: “Stu­dents will not be able to un­der­stand dif­fer­ent cul­tures, world­views, re­li­gions, etc., if in­di­vid­u­als keep ban­ning books that have these el­e­ments” (Text 3). Giving a student a variety of information allows them to develop their own opinions on problems and allows them to question things instead of blindly believing others. In addition, not exposing students to a plethora of content makes them fall behind their peers in school: “Ban­ning books has the po­ten­tial to cre­ate gaps in knowl­edge for young learn­ers. ban­ning books lim­its ac­cess and has the po­ten­tial to leave stu­dents be­hind some of their class­mates”(Text

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