"Literature is a safe and traditional vehicle through which we learn about the world and pass on values from one generation to the next. Books save lives... America's teens are desperate for responsible, trustworthy adults to create situations in which they can discuss the issues that are of the highest concern for them...censoring books that deal with difficult, adolescent issues does not protect anybody. Quite the opposite. It leaves kids in darkness and makes them vulnerable... Our children cannot afford to have the truth of the world withheld from them. They need us to be brave enough to give them great books so they can learn how to grow up into the men and women we want them to be."
I agree with these parts, the only thing I had to add and or change for my own beliefs is the part at the end where she says "into the men and women we want them to be." I would say that I would change the we into a "they" saying, "so they can learn how to grow up into the men and women they want to be."
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www.writerlady.com or
www.livejournal.com/~halseanderson
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