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Airerûthiel · 03-02-2003, 02:13 AM

My cousin's school banned Harry Potter because that allegedly promotes witchcraft (although having done some of the spells I can safely say they do not work), and my friend had Noughts And Crosses confiscated because it was 'too graphic' (read: it contains stuff that's actually relevant to modern-day teens).

Teachers are mean - just because they don't like your taste in literature that doesn't give them the right to tell you what to read!! Too right your mum should fight against it Eruwen!

Saying that, I'm not condoning reading books in class (although I do that all the time [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]) because it disrupts the learning environment and stops you paying attention in class - I still blame my reading ROTK in Biology class (although it was only at the beginning of class and I was sitting at the back) for my B on the modular test

03-02-2003, 02:13 AM	#105
Airerûthiel Wight Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: The Long Lake Posts: 228	My cousin's school banned Harry Potter because that allegedly promotes witchcraft (although having done some of the spells I can safely say they do not work), and my friend had Noughts And Crosses confiscated because it was 'too graphic' (read: it contains stuff that's actually relevant to modern-day teens). Teachers are mean - just because they don't like your taste in literature that doesn't give them the right to tell you what to read!! Too right your mum should fight against it Eruwen! Saying that, I'm not condoning reading books in class (although I do that all the time [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]) because it disrupts the learning environment and stops you paying attention in class - I still blame my reading ROTK in Biology class (although it was only at the beginning of class and I was sitting at the back) for my B on the modular test __________________ 'If they give you ruled paper, write the other way' - Juan Ramón Jiménez I love pirates!