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Perks Of Being A Wallflower Essay

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After reading the articles and complaints from parents about the use of inappropriate material in the classroom I think that it should be allowed for the purpose of educational use and if a book that is considered to be inappropriate is going to be read in class a note to the parents should be given just notifying them that their child will be reading that book in class. I don’t think it should be a note for a parent to sign to give their child permission to read the book, but rather a notification that they will be reading it. I don’t think that parents should be allowed to interfere with the school curriculum and change it for their child not to read a certain book because it would be denying them of the educational value and the powerful story it is expressing as said in the letter. The Perks of Being a Wallflower shouldn’t be seen just as an “inappropriate” book because of its “graphic sexual scenes” but rather as a book giving attention to the topic of mental health. The topic of mental health is often seen by many as not important as physical health or even ignored but “Perks” speaks about this issue and gives light to the subject. …show more content…

In The perks of Being a Wallflower many parents find it inappropriate because of what the book contains such as teen suicide, experimental drug use, and sexual assault, thinking that it’s promoting these things and that it’s trying to normalize these things by reading the book. I think that it should still be read in the classroom because it introduces students to a broad range of canonical literature and will put them at a disadvantage relative to their peers, as stated in the

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