Busy day planned --

[kinzel]

I'm going to be on the road for a bit, but before I drive out, did you know that...
some people want to ban books? Right. Imagine.

Here in Maine someone has just decided to try to ban a book she'd never heard of
before it was assigned to her teenage son for a ninth grade class.
Something called...Catcher in The Rye.

Woman thinks her son will be introduced to strange ideas or something.
Guess the kid doesn't watch TV... or go to school, or to the mall.

Story at 11...

no, here it is -- for the moment:
http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/news/york/041209catcher.shtml

Sigh.

Comments

[adina-atl.livejournal.com]

My favorite quote from the mother, "I want him to discover things for himself, but with my guidance." Er...right.

I can't belive some people

[thecherub.livejournal.com]

ThIs should be a non issue, The school has procedures for students to opt out of a book. I don't think it's right to ban books. I was reading John Normans Gor books when I was 14 and it hasn't harmed me any. They were in the school library.


Quote from article
"To those who may think she is trying to shelter her child from the real world, Minnon said she doesn't believe any parent can do that. "I want him to discover things for himself, but with my guidance," she said."

Time to loosen those apron strings Mom. Discovery can not happen from inside a burlap sack.

Just my 2 cents not meant to be a flame.