Friday, October 23, 2009
Censorship
I think this book should be available in the classroom as long as it appropriate for the age range. I would not expect this book to be in a 1st grade classroom. I remember when the Harry Potter books first came out, my parents didn't want me to read them. I was so upset because all of my friends were reading them. I found the Harry Potter book we read to be very well written. I think it is a wonderful book for students because it's a little challenging and requires them to use their imagination(which I think very few children use anymore) in order for them to visualize what is going on in the book. I would definitely use this book as part of my instruction because it is very well written and there are so many lessons you can create from the book. There would probably be a few problems with parents who don't want their children reading it but there are always those few parents that criticize everything. The benefits would be that this book causes the students to think and that it could help some students get hooked on reading. Over the summer at the day camp I worked at we had DEAR (Drop Everything And Read) time for 30 minutes everyday, there was one boy who hated it but once he started reading the Harry Potter series he started to look forward to DEAR time. I think as long as the benefits outweigh the problems then it is a good choice.
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My parents would not let me read them also. I remember all the other kids reading them and talking about them and feeling kind of left out and now after reading them I am trying to figure out what all the fuss was about from my parents. I missed that part of my childhood where I could explore "different" types of literature.
ReplyDeleteMy parents never directly told me not to read the books, but I do remember them not being so happy with them. I never read all the books, but from what I've read they are great books that are well written. But I do agree they should be in the school system and shared with students.
ReplyDeleteWe read these books in 5th grade as a class and i remember the teacher sending home a note asking all of the parents if we were allowed to participate. My mom is a teacher and has always allowed me to read anything i wanted so she had no problem with it but many parents did. I think it would let it be up to my child and also what i thought they could handle.
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