Argumentative Essay: Banning Controversial Books In Schools

School-assigned books are made to be informative and educational, and they’re made so students can learn, discover, and even entertain. But do these books go too far? Do these books teach the wrong thing to those too young? If we were to ban these books, we would be censoring books and free expression, blocking those mature enough to read the book in school, and even freedom. Banning books is a very controversial dilemma as “dangerous” books are still made to educate people. Still, they could be bad for those too young to understand such sensitive topics in controversial books. This has been solved, just with a little problem. People can report these books to higher-ups like the supreme court, and the supreme court can ban them from districts,

In 2018, To Kill a Mockingbird was entirely removed from the 8th-grade curriculum by school administrators at Biloxi ISD in Mississippi because just one parent, yes, one parent complained of the use of language in the book. Banning these controversial books over an entire district can be a big issue because parents or students who are not comfortable with the book's contents can prevent the district as a whole from reading the book. Just one or a few people can appeal to district leaders and the court to remove the book even if the majority are okay with the contents of the book. Powers so big as the district are too problematic for people so insignificant compared to an entire school

Teachers are specific enough to handle all of their own student’s concerns in the book. They also know their students well and what's best for them. Teachers can assign their students what is mature enough for them, and if someone and their parent are concerned about the book's contents being read, the teacher can handle it with specifically those concerned. Based on a teacher’s estimate, they also know what is best for their students at their level and if they can handle mature topics. For example, if To Kill a Mockingbird was assigned to an 8th-grade classroom in which the teacher believes the students have not reached a level of maturity to read the book, then the teacher has to power to switch out the book in just their classroom and not the whole district.

Some schools already offer this kind of role. For example, our school Doerre Intermediate holds a reading system where the teacher alerts the parents of students regarding the contents of an assigned book the teacher makes students read. When a parent does not consent to the contents of the book, an alternative book can be offered. Doerre and other schools with this system employed have not created any problems since it was