Is Censoring Books Right or Wrong?

I am not really sure if schools should be allowed to censer books or not. My reasoning for this is because I feel that kids should be able to feel comfortable in schools because everyone deserves the right to feel safe. I also think that parents should have the right to choose what their kids read because after all they are one of the primary influences in child’s life. Though every parent has a different opinion on what is appropriate for their kids and what is not. My foster parents allow me to read The Hunger Games and Enders Game. However my friend’s parents think that those books are not okay and he is the same age as me. Everyone has a different take on books.

At the same time I don’t think it is okay because since people have such different opinions that if you take away one book you are punishing other people who would be allowed to read it. I wouldn’t want my favorite books to be taken away from my school just because my friend’s parents don’t approve that book for my friend. Some books are swearing or saying racial slurs but the author put it in there for a reason and that is to prove a point. I think that teacher’s have a pretty good judgment of what will and will not affect the kid’s in the classroom because they are around them more then the parent is most of the time. I believe teachers should get to choose what they have the class read or not read.

I think that schools and parents should have a little bit of say but you should not ban a book just because you don’t like it or you don’t think it is appropriate because that just punishes kids in a way. When you sign up for a library card if you don’t want your child reading or watching certain books then you can put it on there and when the child goes to check it out it won’t let them. We should do that in schools so that there isn’t that issue and we won’t have to ban books at all.