what they read. Banning a book is most frightening when viewed in the context of a young adult. Censorship automatically assumes a young adult is incapable of critically evaluating information they read. The implication exists that due to their age young adults cannot be trusted to make the right decisions nor resist outside influences. Furthermore‚ the individuals and groups inciting censorship seldom view the challenged book objectively. In "Teens Need Bold Books‚" Gallo observes that censorship
Premium Education Book Censorship
Many books have been prohibited by people and countries around the whole world‚ but is it really a good Idea to do so? I believe that the fact that people are banning books is a completely ridiculous idea. Additionally‚ everybody should have the right to read what they want. In these past few hundred years‚ humans have invented writing‚ paper‚ and books in order to record their findings and memories to share and pass down to future generations. Consequently‚ ideas and information are now more easily
Premium Book Education Religion
Bullying has been a growing problem among society for years. Bullying was never quite seen as a real or serious issue until April 20‚ 1999 when the Columbine High School Massacre happened in Little Rock‚ Colorado. The incident was when two boys‚ Eric Harris‚ 17‚ and Dylan Klebold‚ 18‚ who had been bullied and harassed for years for being different whether it was how they looked or their homosexuality‚ intruded onto school grounds bearing arms and explosives. According to a report on History‚ “The
Premium Columbine High School massacre
Books can have a large influence on people. As Ralph Waldo Emerson said “Books are the best of things‚ well used; abused‚ among the worst.” If used for good‚ books can be a great resource‚ but if used wrong‚ they can be used to justify wrongdoings. Books can be interpreted many ways‚ which is one of the reasons why books can be used for good or bad. Take religious books‚ such as the Bible‚ for example. Many people interpret the Bible for good. Priests are able use Bible passages to develop a message
Premium Writing Psychology Literature
of the book (review) 2013 This is not the end of the book by Umberto Eco & Jean-Claude Carriere "This is not the end of the book‚ but another chapter." (Umberto Eco) This is Not the End of the Book is the transcription of an extended conversation‚ "curated" by Jean-Philippe de Tonnac. On one side of the table sits Umberto Eco‚ the Italian professor of semiotics at the University of Bologna‚ writer of fiction‚ essays‚ academic texts‚ and children’s books‚ and certainly
Premium E-book Book Amazon Kindle
Scary statistics about book reading July 13‚ 2006 in General by jc | 1 comment I stumbled on Rich Burridge’s weblog post about book statistics‚ it has some scary numbers : Who is Reading Books (and who is not) One-third of high school graduates never read another book for the rest of their lives. Many do not even graduate from high school. 58% of the US adult population never reads another book after high school. 42% of college graduates never read another book. 80% of US families
Premium High school Statistics High School Musical
The Book Thief Essay Mark Zusak’s novel‚ The Book Thief‚ was better than the film‚ as it dives deeper into the various perspectives and personalities of the characters. It builds up the character of Max‚ and the minor characters (such as the Holtzapfel family) build up the story. By reading this story‚ you learn about the themes of mortality and the power of words which aren’t as present in the film. Max‚ in the film‚ appears to be nothing more than another helpless and weak Jew. He is in hiding
Premium Love Adolf Hitler The Book Thief
BOOK REVIEW GORKHA IN SEARCH OF IDENTITY BRIG CS THAPA BIBILIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION NAME OF BOOK GORKHA IN SEARCH OF IDENTITY AUTHOR BRIG CS THAPA COPYWRITE SRIAV PUBLISHERS PAGES 134 Pp FIRST PUBLICATION 2013 PRICE Rs 350/- ABOUT THE AUTHOR Brig (retd) Chander Singh Thapa(B. 1952) did his early schooling from St Joseph’s Academy‚ Dehradun and joined the prestigious Rashtriya Indian Military College in Jan 1964. The offr was commissioned into the 70 Armoured
Premium Nepal India Book
Sharon E. Jackson L24694858 201230 Summer 2012 BIBL 104-B77 LUO June 20‚ 2012 Summary of the books of the Old Testament Books Leviticus The book of Leviticus is principally written law material. Specific key themes and events include starting with God calling Moses to tell the Israelites to brings their burnt offerings (livestock) a male from the herd without blemish and bring them to the door of the Tent of meeting that he may be accepted before the Lord. This starts the instructions
Premium Book of Ruth Tanakh David
The Making of a School Shooter Over the past decade there has been a rise in school violence. In particular‚ school shootings. There is a curiosity about the students who commit this crime and many speculation as to why they do it. In order to understand why‚ we must first understand exactly what is a school shooting. According to Department of Education‚ “a school shooting is an occurrence in which an individual discharges a gun at an educational institution‚ such as an elementary school‚ secondary
Premium Columbine High School massacre Education United States