How absurd! The Harry Potter series of books highlights the fact that reading for pleasure can be great fun. J.K. Rowling has done more to turn kids on to the fun of reading than any author since Dr. Seuss. The idea of banning her books seems patently ridiculous!
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HArry Potter rules! This is just another example of Big Brother trying to tell us what we can and can't do.
GW Ramreader
I wonder if those who want to ban Harry POtter are aware of the huge number of other fantasy books out there. I think not.
Can't we all tell the difference between obvious fiction and reality?
I'm not sure that the issue is fiction vs. reality. I wonder how many people would object to banning Harry Potter books in high school if they were just as fictional, but more sexually explicit.
There were over 70 books besides all the Harry Potter books that were challenged last school year across the country! Some you read in class like Black Boy by Richard Wright and Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. This is a bigger issue than we like to think and each and every citizen must be aware and willing to work to keep our freedoms alive.
Harry Potter is my hero
you guys are all so insightful. I wish i could be that articulate
It seems as though the issue is strongly a matter of the magic. Religion is meant to stay out of public schools. Banning Harry Potter appears to be in direct violation of this if magic is in fact the cause of it being on the "Banned Books" list. If magic is against a particular religion, then saying that magic can't be spoken of in schools is the same as saying that any religion believing in magic is false. It is a clear example of how religion still has entirely too much access in MCPS.
Now I'm reading Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures by Canadian author (and doctor) Vincet Lam. Lam won the Giller prize(a Canadian literary award) for this book - highly unusual for a first work. He is a practicing doctor and the book is a collection of 12 related stories about four medical students and their experiences. For anyone thinking about becoming a doctor, this is a must read because Lam's insight is astounding and real - from dissections of cadavers to treatments of patients.
Great work.
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