What purpose do book bans serve when those same books can be bought off Amazon?
It's ridiculous
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Pinkstarburst · F
These days remind me of a time when I was in middle school. My mom was a member of the public library’s parent group. They would read books to determine the age group to place them in.
I had one of the books at school that I would read on the playground. It was a ‘coming of age’ about a young girl being raised by her sister in poverty. There was a scene about here sister having her baby in their bathroom because they couldn’t afford to go to the hospital and the baby died. She cleaned up the bathroom while here sister buried the baby.
I was called to the principal’s office and was met by him and and a teacher. I had accidentally left my book in a classroom. They started yelling at me about being trash to their school and asked me where I got it. When I told them from my mother gave it to me and what she was doing, they stared blankly at me speechless, handed me my book, and sent me back to class.
My guess is that’s all those two read…completely out of context.
I am so thankful my mom shared that book with me…every book with me. More so due to the fact that she was never a big reader. BUT she knew I was and had the good sense to understand her child more than a narrow-minded school system did.
I had one of the books at school that I would read on the playground. It was a ‘coming of age’ about a young girl being raised by her sister in poverty. There was a scene about here sister having her baby in their bathroom because they couldn’t afford to go to the hospital and the baby died. She cleaned up the bathroom while here sister buried the baby.
I was called to the principal’s office and was met by him and and a teacher. I had accidentally left my book in a classroom. They started yelling at me about being trash to their school and asked me where I got it. When I told them from my mother gave it to me and what she was doing, they stared blankly at me speechless, handed me my book, and sent me back to class.
My guess is that’s all those two read…completely out of context.
I am so thankful my mom shared that book with me…every book with me. More so due to the fact that she was never a big reader. BUT she knew I was and had the good sense to understand her child more than a narrow-minded school system did.