KIDDING!
Yikes, my blog was supposed to be a place for me to go and relax…but here I am again…getting all up in your face!
My daughter and I are reading a Rushdie book right now that was assigned in her literacy class. At the beginning of school they sent home waivers so that the kids could read previously banned books. I thought that was cool that they even attempted this for 5th grade. Being that we live in not so colorful suburbia, it’s not every day that we get an opportunity to be aware and discuss things such as racism, sex, religion, etc. I look at controversial books as a segue to those discussions with her…not because I want her to believe what they say, but because without seeing, hearing or reading real life, I feel like its difficult for a young girl to find her voice and take a stand on what she does believe. Telling my daughter what I believe is informational and honest but giving her a book is giving her the ability to grow in humanity.
For an article on why books should never be banned read Ban books? Ban ideas, ban imagination, ban a future
Or visit the Scholars & Rogues website/blog.
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Wow - whoever sent you this article must be rewarded with a great burger fries and cokes
Sorry Ray,
We're all out of fries tonight...try the Hamburger Stand down the street.
Your Friend
Clarisse McClellan
Clarisse - I have been thinking about you
Hannibal
Dear Hannibal
Although I am wildly turned on by a man who loves flesh, I am not Clarice Starling. That girl was way too uptight! In my world, it tends to get a little "hot" and she'd probably not be able to handle it.
Anyway...I have a "fireman" to tend to...
Kat,
You may have noticed "Clarisse" up there...she is visiting us from Fahrenheit 451.
I am so grateful that A, in 1st grade, is studying the 3 major religions and their place in history and society. I can't see his school banning books and if they did, I'm positive the parents would raise absolute hell. A closed mind is a waste of gray matter.
Jen
That's impressive. Its good to know that some schools aren't afraid to let kids learn. Our school is pretty liberal I'd say. Very very big on letting the kids make decisions about what they want to read and encouraging them to discuss it.
HI - I followed you here from a comment you made over at the Malloy boys mom's world. I wanted to read the article, but IT must have been banned! I clicked the link, but ended up at a Google search page. So, I tried looking up the the blogowogo link, but it just goes straight to a Google search page. Then I tried typing in in directly and.. boom, right back to the Google search page! I'm wondering if it's just my computer that's banned it or if Google gobbled it up and made it disappear! LOL! Very strange!
Anyway - I love that you are allowing open discussions with your daughter about stuff that a lot of parents shy away from. She will be so much the better for it!
TTFN
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