I do not believe that Harry Potter should be banned from the classroom. As long as children are reading and understanding what they are reading shouldn't matter. The Harry Potter series is doing nothing but encouraging children to continue to read because they can't wait to get to the next book in the series. The important thing as a teacher is for your students to be reading and understanding and if Harry Potter does that then I see no problem with it. I can understand where parents could have a problem with the "witch and wizard" theme, but as far as im concerned most parents encourage and want their children reading. "If the Potter books had included racist or anti-Catholic language, many of Potter's most ardent defenders would be switching sides." I believe that this statement is very true, but I do not see where the Harry Potter books could possibly offend anyone.
"Like the majority of people, I believe the Potter books are written in broad-stroke farce/fun. They won't turn children into the devil's disciples but will go a long way toward turning them into rabid readers. If we wrote textbooks like this, students would be volunteering for homework." This is so true, Harry Potter books were written were a fun and entertaining read, not to harm anyone, but if textbooks were written like Harry Potter then children would actually enjoy learning.
"Furthermore, if we're going to ban "witch" books, the first to go would be, sadly, the Christian allegory The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis." There is nothing wrong with witch books, they teach children a sense of imagination and allow them to imagine different worlds and people.
I would use Harry Potter in my classroom to teach a fantasy lesson and I would have them imagine what it is like to actually be Harry Potter and I would have them write their own story putting their self in Harry's shoes.
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