Why The Community Should Not Have Banned Books

The community should not have a say in what books are being read in the school. This is because the community already knows about words that are commonly used in books that are banned and they don’t need to learn about it whereas kids need to learn about it because the community hasn’t exposed them to it. Also, teachers know the curriculum and know how to turn bad things into learning opportunities. Communities already have knowledge of things that are written in banned books. They have lived longer and therefore know more about what is being written about. Children on the other hand don’t have knowledge of things in books that are banned. The community doesn’t tell the children about it and that’s why they don’t know. They need to learn about it so that they don’t ever use this type of language in the community. The community shouldn’t have a say in what they read but should have a say in how the language said in the book is used in the community. Teachers can make sure that what they read about is stayed in the classroom and not said in the community. If this was to happen, the community should have a say because it is being used in the community, but if it is not used in the community, it should not be a community effort.
Teachers can turn these instances into learning experiences for the class to teach them how different things were back when the book took place or where it takes place. Teachers will explain it better than the community will and turn it into something that the students can actually learn from. This is different from the community teaching them because the community just says that the kids can’t use these words or do these things. The community doesn’t give reasons why these things aren’t allowed besides just saying that they are not