What are reasons school might have for banning/censoring a book?
If a book has inappropriate language, violent scenes, sexual scenes, moral issues or unacceptable contents, the book would likely to be banned. These are reasons that've caused a book to be banned. I think now, if a book starts having bad influence on students, the school would likely to ban it.
Is it ever appropriate for a school to remove a book?
I think it depends. I think if the school removes a book because of bad influence that has been caused, it's appropriate. But, if no damages were made, and the school is just simply fear of the influence that it might brought, it's inappropriate to remove it, because bad language doesn't mean it's a bad book, it might be a really good book. And also the school shouldn't remove a book because they think the students can't handle it, maybe they can and think the book is interesting and useful , who knows.
When should students/teachers be allowed to read what they want?
I think as long as no bad influence was made, students and teachers should be allowed to read what they want.
If a book has inappropriate language, violent scenes, sexual scenes, moral issues or unacceptable contents, the book would likely to be banned. These are reasons that've caused a book to be banned. I think now, if a book starts having bad influence on students, the school would likely to ban it.
Is it ever appropriate for a school to remove a book?
I think it depends. I think if the school removes a book because of bad influence that has been caused, it's appropriate. But, if no damages were made, and the school is just simply fear of the influence that it might brought, it's inappropriate to remove it, because bad language doesn't mean it's a bad book, it might be a really good book. And also the school shouldn't remove a book because they think the students can't handle it, maybe they can and think the book is interesting and useful , who knows.
When should students/teachers be allowed to read what they want?
I think as long as no bad influence was made, students and teachers should be allowed to read what they want.