Case Study: Counts vs. Cedarville School District Situation The Counts v. Cedarville School District court case was about the Harry Potter book series. After receiving a complaint from a parent, the Cedarville School Board voted 3-2 to remove all of the books from the Harry Potter series from the open shelves of public school libraries. Students who wished to read or check out these books could do so only with written parental permission. Several students and their parents filed suit, seeking the return of the books to the open shelves. In the course of discovery, the School Board members who voted to remove the books acknowledged that they had not read many of the books and that they removed them because they exposed students to the "religion of witchcraft."
No books should ever be banned because for each book that is banned, there possibly could be one life lesson that will not be learned by the next generation. Censorship of books in schools and libraries is wrong for it limits what students can potentially learn. Books such as To Kill a Mocking Bird, Of Mice and Men, and others teach valuable life lessons, which is why they are considered classics. Books such as these are being banned for they have questionable material. In the same book introduction as the opening quote, Judy Blume wrote, “Those who were most active in trying to ban books cam from the ‘religious right’ but the impulse to censor spread like a contagious disease.
If you are reading for a class assignment retention is a necessity. It will help you in your class seminars, discussion boards, projects and exams. III. Formulate a plan A. If you only need basic understanding of what you have read you can: 1) Skim the reading material 2) Highlight the points you think are important 3) Take notes B.
What is changing are the people involved and the environment where these freedoms are being questioned. In the essay Schools fail free speech 101, it is my observation that the author takes the position that the constitutional rights of students in American schools are being denied by teachers, principals, and administrators. The author uses many examples of these censorships of students as premises to support his conclusion (2007). In the article, the author reports about a Cincinnati high school student magazine that included a “mildly critical” article about the schools football team and the principal ordered the article be torn out of the magazine before it was distributed (Schools fail, 2007). I feel this is a strong premise to support the conclusion that administrators censor what students write in their publications.
Censorship is strictly review by an authority of any material before publication or dissemination, with legal right to prevent, alter, or delay its appearance. Censorship for authors is that they have to face what people believe that certain of their books contains material that is objectionable on political, moral, or religious grounds and should be banned from classrooms in order to protect their children from exposures to allegedly harmful ideas. Most school boards have responded by physically removing books that are written by some author from school library shelves (“Censorship”). J.K. Rowling is well-known for her book, Harry Potter, which has been censor and banned by school libraries. As a child, Rowling enjoyed reading and writing about fantasy stories to her little sister.
Weather movie ratings should be banned or not is a growing concern in our country. During my research I discovered many interesting theories and opinions as to why movie ratings should not be banned. The first reason I think they should not be banned is that parents want movies to be suitable for their children. Another reason why they shouldn’t be banned is that movie viewers want to have an idea of what kind of movie they are going to watch. The third reason movie ratings shouldn’t be banned is that movie ratings can be used as constructive criticism by the director.
Yes I have proofread my essay thoroughly Neisha Mcday Victoria Schmidt Eng 101 D041 Sum 13 September -20-2013 The Causes and Effect of Dropping out of High school Teens dropping out of high school is a rising issues amongst our society today. Many of the reasons for teen quitting school are things such as pregnancy, family concerns, and individual reason. In some situations parents are not as involved as they should be with their children education , the lack of interest of parents being involved in their children school activities may lead the children to feel as if no one cares or their efforts are not recognize so they don’t feel as if it is as important. Every since a child we are taught that education is important and in today’s society there are many alternatives to turn to before giving up on education. There are many reasons why individuals choose to quit school; in this essay I will be discussing a few of many causes and effect of dropping out of high school.
Plan For Unit. This workbook will give you an outline of the content to be covered and the related text pages. It is not intended to be used alone but in conjunction with your text and teacher. It is expected that you will follow the workbook and read the related text, experiments and investigations before the lesson. It will be assumed that you have read the text and have some introductory knowledge of the work to be covered each lesson; failure to do so may affect your progress in class.
We are after all dealing with children and not lab animals. Yet in his article Crister is trying to persuade the American family that punishing children for over eating is a good idea. The author does not explain exactly how his solution should be carried out or put into place. He also failed to state what the consequences of these actions might be. The author uses argumentation to try to persuade the reader that many parents do not care what their children eat.
Deciding if a library patron under eighteen should be aloud to read a questionable book is the decision of the patron and their parents. That is it, no one else. A town council or public library cannot have the knowledge to know whether some patrons are more advanced and could accept and understand the somewhat questionable material. If a patron under eighteen checks out what their parent feels is an unacceptable book, it is only the fault of the parent for not checking up on what their child is checking out. Once a person under eighteen checks out one of the controversial books, there is a high chance they can learn something from it.