Essay On Controversial Books Should Not Be Taught In Schools
The book To Kill a Mockingbird and other controversial books should not be taken out of public school curriculum because, while they may have offensive language and other uncomfortable scenes in the books, the lessons within often teach students about America’s uncomfortable past and current injustices. By taking controversial books, like To Kill a Mockingbird or The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, out of curriculum schools are dismissing the fact that uncomfortable issues in these books are still very prevalent in society today.When the different schools take controversial books that have to do with racism out of their curriculum, they are dismissing the fact injustices still happen today. The racism in society must be confronted. The schools
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Just because there are a few students that are offended by the language or scenes in these book shouldn’t be a reason to cut the book from the curriculum. (Sun Herald editorial group, 2017, para. 15).The controversial parts in these books, especially To Kill a Mockingbird, have very good lessons within them. The books that have to do with racism may be uncomfortable to some people because they have experienced it, or because they wish for it not to be true. However, the students that aren’t uncomfortable should be able to have the opportunity to read and discuss the issues that do occur in the controversial books. These books should not be banned, they should be read and discussed because of how these scenes can be a bridge into more in depth discussions on how to react if the people are confronted with the situations that happen in the book and the lessons that are learned from the books. Reading controversial books give parents and teachers a bridge that could lead into talking about these issues, that can help because when people confront these issues they might not know how to react properly without having this type of
Just because there are a few students that are offended by the language or scenes in these book shouldn’t be a reason to cut the book from the curriculum. (Sun Herald editorial group, 2017, para. 15).The controversial parts in these books, especially To Kill a Mockingbird, have very good lessons within them. The books that have to do with racism may be uncomfortable to some people because they have experienced it, or because they wish for it not to be true. However, the students that aren’t uncomfortable should be able to have the opportunity to read and discuss the issues that do occur in the controversial books. These books should not be banned, they should be read and discussed because of how these scenes can be a bridge into more in depth discussions on how to react if the people are confronted with the situations that happen in the book and the lessons that are learned from the books. Reading controversial books give parents and teachers a bridge that could lead into talking about these issues, that can help because when people confront these issues they might not know how to react properly without having this type of