While growing up as a kid these books were banned from my house and I was not allowed to check them out at the library. This is the first book that I have read about Harry Potter. I just recently watched the movies about a year ago. I do not see what all the fuss was/is about.
I can understand where some people might consider this witchcraft and sorcery but how is this going to make children into witch's? Like the article said "they won't turn children into the devils disciples."
From reading this book now, as an adult, I wish I would have been able to read them as a child. I think they spark an imagination and help children want to read. Children should be allowed to read a variety of things and not just things that adults seem fit. I am sure that there are some cases where children do things from books because they read them but like the article says that if these books are really hurting our society than that means criminals read these books and got their ideas from banned books. There is no connection to this at all and I think it is pretty ridiculous that some people can make these claims.
Our country is trying to ban books because of their content but they are not trying to get kids to stop watching violent T.V shows or movies. Kids and young adults get more from the T.V/movies than they do books these days because they simply just do not read.
I disagree with the banning of the Potter series. I think these books are a great way to get kids interested in reading in a time where most hardly ever pick up a book unless their told. I would use this in my classroom and I would handle any problems that arose as they came. I would first ask parents how they feel about their kids reading it and I would respect their opinions/reasons and make sure their children did not read them. If I had kids that could not read them I would not assign it to the class or do activities with them because I would not want to leave anyone out. I think it would be just best to have it on the class book shelf for kids to take home or read for Accelerated reader and other programs. I think the benefits it would have for a lot of kids would be the imagination that came along with it.
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My parents never banned Harry Potter but my school did. It was a Christian school and they basically tried to convince us that Harry Potter was ungodly, and inappropriate. Because of their opinions, I never tried to read it until I moved and went to a different school. I love the series, maybe not as much as others, but it was very well written and just... fun!
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