Friday, October 23, 2009
Assignment 6....Megan Cotterman
The Harry Potter books are both thought provoking and intriguing. When I read the series I could not put the books down to save my life. If there are children in a classroom who have a love for fantasy and adventure than the Harry Potter books would be great to use in the classroom. These books could be used in the classroom to bring out students creative sides and stray away from the boring text books that are considered safe. I would use these books in my classroom because of the fact that children love them and it would be a good learning experience for students to read something assigned in the classroom that they would read outside the classroom as well. They could be more motivated to do the assigned reading. I would first send a note home with the students to allow the parents to give permission to read the book just because of the hype over "anti-christ" controversy. I would not want to step on any parents toes. As for the controversy of censorship in books I believe that the first amendment allows freedom of speech and freedom of press. Authors should have the right to write what they want in a story and if someone doesnt like it...dont read it. What harm can really come from reading Harry Potter? In the article the author made a good point when he said: of all the underage criminals in the United States how many of them really became criminals because of a childrens book they read? Most juniville criminals can not even read or would have much trouble simply reading Harry Potter. People who are the extreme conservatives and spend time tearing down the Harry Potter books should really focus on what is really tearing down our youth today. Violence in school, family life, drugs and alcohol; those are the things that people should be worrying about, not a little boy who rides a broom stick and yells out spells in latin.
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"Most juniville criminals can not even read or would have much trouble simply reading Harry Potter. People who are the extreme conservatives and spend time tearing down the Harry Potter books should really focus on what is really tearing down our youth today."
ReplyDeleteI completely agree. And I think a lot of the people who are tearing down the book haven't even read it. If you read it and don't like it I understand, but I find it hard to take someone serious who is bashing a book of which they only read the back cover.
I could not agree more with what you said about the other things that are tearing our youth down. I think parents focus too much on books that are not good for their children but they do not pay attention to what they let them watch on T.V or the people they hang out with. I think that reading these books only inspires imagination not witchcraft as some people claim.
ReplyDeleteI think megan has a great point on what our society should be focusing on.
ReplyDelete"People who are the extreme conservatives and spend time tearing down the Harry Potter books should really focus on what is really tearing down our youth today. Violence in school, family life, drugs and alcohol; those are the things that people should be worrying about, not a little boy who rides a broom stick and yells out spells in latin."
She is completely right on the fact that there are many issues bigger than HARRY POTTER! It is crazy to see how parents will focus on any thing other than the simple fact that they could be the problem or something totally set aside from school could be affecting the behavior of their child. I agree with everything Megan says and really think that parents and people who do not like or disagree with the Harry Potter books should take a look around and see what they can do about the stuff that really affects our society. Above all focus your energy where it can be use, not were it will not matter!