Censorship

Censorship is suppression of speech or other communication which may be considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, or inconvenient to the general body of people as determined by a government, media outlet, or other controlling body. If something is to explicit to be read for some students it’s taken off the selves.


Parents have the right to tell the teachers if they do not want their kids to read a certain book. It is okay to use censorship in elementary schools. Their understanding of things such as drugs, sex, rape, language etc. they wouldn’t understand or could make them uncomfortable. They ages where it is okay to use censorship is 5 and under and all the way up to about 13. Parents have a lot to say if its okay, same with the teachers, and administration.

It’s not okay to use it in high schools. Students around the ages of 14-18 have the ability to understand what’s going on. Some students can even relate to the books. In my experience with read, I assumed that no book would get my attention and want me to read. After reading the books Breathing Under Water by: Alex Finn and the Ellen Hopkins books Crank, Glass, Tricks, Impulse, Identical, and Fallout, I haven’t been able to get enough of reading. I love it. It’s truly helped me with my recovery.