Argument Essay dft.

In all honesty, I don’t think schools should ban books with sophisticated topics; such as sex, rape, drugs and pregnancy. It happens in the real world and students should know that. Junior High schools and High schools would be affected with this issue.

           Students shouldn’t be limited on what books they have to read. They should have a say in what they read, and not be forced to read what the Board of Education “thinks” is good for “kids”. Some kids mature quicker than others, so why should they be limited? In a Middle school case, 8^th grade students shouldn’t be reading 6^th grade type of books. As students grow they realize life isn’t great, it comes with ups and downs. They shouldn’t be lied to, thinking this world is perfect. Nothing is perfect. Children should not be filled with false images that fairy tales gives us. For example there’s one part in the book, Crank by Ellen Hopkins, where Kristina disrespects her mom by saying “ Fuck You “. This shows how no child is perfect, words sometimes slip. “ Even caught up in confusion, I knew better than to repeat myself “ that is what she said to herself after saying the curse to her mom who slapped her so hard Kristina’s teeth rattled. This shows the reality of how some parents might take it. Because not all parents would yell at them, some would physically hurt them.

          Hiding such topics like these will give them ideas in where people aren’t bad. Are people bad ? Yes. There can be cruel people out there who don’t think of how the victim would feel. For example rape. When Kristina choose to sneak out of the house she lost something she didn’t think she’d lose. Her virginity. By Some guy that she thought was pretty nice and cool. She tried to protect herself by threating him to scream but bad luck for her, she was stuck in the middle of the forest. So that meant nobody could’ve heard her. All she could do is lay there and sob while he did the dirty. Hiding such topics like this is pretty useless because you’re going to have to end up telling your child of the dangers of the real world. As in giving him or her, the talk.

          Yes, I understand the content is graphic but it’s not like little kids will be able to read this. Children in elementary is obviously out of the question. Children in Middle school, it’s different. There’s tweens and teens in that category. 6^th graders wouldn’t be allowed to read this because they just got out of elementary, they wouldn’t be as matured. Some 7^th graders would be able to , less likely but some of them would. If I wanted to set limits I’d say 7^th grade would be the lowest grade category that’d be able to read this. 8^th would most definitely be able to read this. They’d be mature enough and understand the book. They won’t get easily influenced. And this I say, Students should be able to read books with sophisticated topics. They should not be banned, let them see the real world.