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Happy Banned Books Week!
Sep. 26th, 2005 01:58 pmI am definitely a reader. I have been since I was a kid. In fact, I am the only kid I know whose parents told them to STOP reading and come watch TV. And no, my parents weren't the villians in Matilda- in fact, my mom teaches 5th grade and laments how little kids read. I just read THAT MUCH.
Book banning is one of those things I just find dumb. If you have a real vested interest in what your kids are learning, read the book with them. Talk about it. But more than that, I'd rather see books banned because they're dumb or condensending or Barney-esque, not because of silly reasons. If you're going to ban something, ban those really bad readers that make kids despise reading because the stories are stupid. Don't ban the good stuff.
Anyway, I felt like making a commentary today; so here's my commentary on the 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000. I skipped a lot of them, because I either haven't read them or didn't have something to say. But if you have comments, please discuss!
( My thoughts on the banned books. )
Book banning is one of those things I just find dumb. If you have a real vested interest in what your kids are learning, read the book with them. Talk about it. But more than that, I'd rather see books banned because they're dumb or condensending or Barney-esque, not because of silly reasons. If you're going to ban something, ban those really bad readers that make kids despise reading because the stories are stupid. Don't ban the good stuff.
Anyway, I felt like making a commentary today; so here's my commentary on the 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000. I skipped a lot of them, because I either haven't read them or didn't have something to say. But if you have comments, please discuss!
( My thoughts on the banned books. )
