censorship

I honestly do not think that Harry Potter should be a concern in schools. It is simply a book! Seriously I think children watch more harmful things on TV through commercial, than they do in fantasy books. Looking at how much people are upset about these books, they should simply ask a teacher for an alternative assignment, instead of just getting out of hand and trying to cause a problem. Also public schools are publics schools and the information taught is always going to be in some way controversial. Just like the article talked about, this is the United States and we have the freedom of speech. Whether or not the people like it, they cannot stop topics or books such as Harry Potter" from coming out. If you do not want your children exposed to this kind of information, then go to a christian or private school, is that not why they have them. Like I said before parents should be more worried about what their kids will learn from other outside influences, than how they are going to take a young boy who can have magic powers and helps to save his world from the bad.

On the other hand, I think that parents are so blind about what their children are exposed to rather than focusing on how much good books like "Harry Potter" have brought to the literature aspect of education. Harry Potter is one of many books that have rekindled the spirit and motivation in children to read. Harry Potter is one of the best selling books and has been read by both children and adults. It can be used in the classroom to get children who do not like books about history or animals to become included in the atmosphere of the other students around them. What many parents do not consider is there are many different kinds of families, lifestyles, and personalities where not everyone is going to agree on the same books. For instance while some may take "Harry Potter" as controversial, others may take another book read in class as controversial who did not find "Harry Potter" controversial. Think about it many books are first considered controversial and then in later years are considered phenomenal. A perfect example of this is Maurice Sendak's book "Where The Wild Things Are," as well as "In The Night Kitchen," both these were almost placed on the banned list. However in todays society these books are considered great parts of literature education. All I have to says is censorship has a time and place and publics school are not always the place where that is considered.