but many believe it should still be read. Some want to ban To Kill a Mockingbird because of the racism‚ but the book actually denounces racism and prejudice. An example of this is when Atticus tells Scout that he hopes he can get his kids through the case without them "catching Maycomb’s usual disease"‚ implying that Maycomb’s people are overcome with racism. Also‚ the book shows us both sides of racism. While the book mainly supports the people against racism‚ it also tells us why some people are prejudice
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Many states have banned saggy pants inside of schools and most are against this style in public. Florida and Arkansas have passed laws restricting saggy pants from schools. Some people disagree and believe that it is “distracting” for students to sag their pants in school. Other communities have agreed but went further and passed on a “blanket ban” on wearing saggy pants anywhere. Other states have tried doing this (Louisiana and Virginia) but they failed to pass the statewide bans. The Lawmakers
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many different situations in which books have been banned and or challenged. The Great Gatsby‚ The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‚ and Gone with the Wind all history changing books which has frequently been banned or challenged‚ this collection of raw American Literature have been attacked for numerous of reasons. Sexual content‚ profanity‚ and explicit scenes. All of these are among the most common reason these classics have been either banned or challenged. Many of these book serve educational
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The book I have chosen to do my research paper over banned books week is Paper Towns. I used three articles for my research paper. The three articles are named: Tampa Bay Times‚ LA Times‚ and Banned Library. Tampa Bay Times told me why Paper Towns was banned. LA Times told me what age level Paper Towns was banned for. Banned Library told me what year Paper Towns was banned in. According to Tampa Bay Times‚ Paper Towns was banned because Pasco County‚ Florida Middle School had a parent that had
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Annotations for The Road Quotes from The Road Annotations “Charred and limbless trunks of trees stretching away on every side. Ash moving over the road and the sagging hands of blind wire strung from the blackened light poles whining thinly in the wind… He got the binoculars out of the cart and stood in the road and glassed the plain down there where the shape of a city stood in the greyness like charcoal drawing sketched across the waste.” (9) This is a brief section of the book that really
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have been debating whether to dispose of after school sports for many reasons. Some schools that have banned sports have saved thousands of dollars and students got higher test scores. Therefore‚ school districts should not have sports so they a can help cut costs for the district‚ improve student grades‚ and the fact that emphasis on sports has gone too far. Schools across the U.S. have banned sports to increase their budgets and have succeeded. In Ripley’s article “Yes‚ It’s Time to Scale Back”a
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There are many opinions on this topic weather video games shouldn’t be band. There are negative and positive sides to the argument. I’m strongly on the side that they should not be band because there are kids enjoyment and free time activity. There are also some very educational games that can be played for the younger kids. Firstly playing video games benefits your visual skills‚ it helps your eyes become more alert in your everyday life. According to a pair of researchers at the University
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thought that the book they have to read in class was close to being banned at one point in time‚ might delight a lot of high school students. The book The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain was and is still criticized for the exceeding use of the word nigger. In our society today this word is considered politically not correct and kids are told not to use it at all. Therefore some students do not understand why they should have to read Mark Twain’s book in class and especially students with
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books are still banned. Many parents have agreed that these books are not appropriate for children of certain age levels. When it comes down to it‚ it is the parents’ choice on what their child reads‚ but that doesn’t mean the book should be banned so that no child can read it without going to a place where the book isn’t banned. This is why I think banning these books is bad. For my banned book I chose to read “Cheerleaders the Third Evil” and do I think this book should be banned? No‚ I do not.
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teaches how the South was back then. You can’t hide children from the facts of reality just because times have changed and things aren’t the way they used to be. Instead of hiding these children from the novel and the reality of the use of the “N” word‚ why not present this book to them to show how times have changed? Teach them the ways things used to be previously‚ and show them the progress made in society. If you want to teach kids about history‚ show them raw evidence of how it used to be so they
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