Banning Books

Books are an extraordinary thing. They are one of the closest things to a time machine as they can take you essentially anywhere in your mind. For many people, books are like a friend. Someone to comfort them when they are down and discouraged. Books are someone to teach you things you’ve always wanted to learn. Lately, however, schools have begun to ban many books making them unavailable for their students to read. This limits what students are allowed to read and essentially learn. Books have many purposes, one being education. A school's purpose is to teach its students and help them discover new things. If they are limiting what students are learning or discovering through books, they clearly are not doing their jobs efficiently. Overall, certain books should not be banned from schools because they are a useful source of education.
Some examples of banned books that teach incredible life lessons include Shakespeare's plays, The Giver, and Where the Wild Things Are. Shakespeare’s plays are often used as high school curriculum and are encouraged to read. Although there are many books and lessons one that can be betrayed is to follow your heart or to make the right decisions. This a lesson that you should carry on with you through the rest of your life. The next book is The Giver. The Giver was assigned to our 8th-grade class to read, so it is clearly a good source of education. One of the lessons that can be learned from this book is that being different is important. Another example is a children's book Where the Wild Thing Are. This book is often read to young kids to encourage reading and to teach kids to use their imagination and to be creative. Without reading these books students may not gain the courage and advice they receive from these pieces of literature. Overall, none of these books should be banned because of the valuable life lessons they teach