Pros and Cons of Censorship in Schools

Censorship has been around for millions of years. Although censorship is still practised in some countries today, almost anyone would agree that censorship is never the right answer; as we have seen in the past, it has seldomly ever works out. Which is why it is so concerning that schools are starting to allow censorship in classrooms. As a result of this, the world is seeing an alarming amount of young millennials who are fresh into the workforce, expecting to always be catered to. More and more

Censorship is "the removal, suppression, or restricted circulation of literary, artistic or educational materials ... on the grounds that these are morally or otherwise objectionable in light of the standards applied by the censor. Challenges to school materials have started to become a more prevalent and common occurrence in society especially in public schools. Public schools usually address censorship issues by taking one or more routes: imposing a list of acceptable literary works on all teachers

In school libraries, the idea of censorship has always been considered. Those who choose to declare a censorship on books are appeasing the idea that we should not put ourselves in the position to read a book that may be seen as inappropriate. This is understandable, as some authors may include extremely dark and questionable things in their writings. But I also believe that we have complete choice in what we should read and what we should put upon ourselves in general. Censorships in the library

online research. They would most likely use a school computer or the schools Wi-Fi. There is a slight problem with doing this; “94% (4,041) of schools use filtering and web restrictions” (Filtering in Schools 5). Many may wonder why schools block or restrict their computers and internet, there are many reasons why they do. Some may say that the schools are being too restrictive, but the reasoning behind the blocking will make more sense once explained. Schools internet access is not too restrictive because

Without censorship children would be exposed to things such as the ones listed above. In the book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, it talks about how mass censorship affects the world. In the book Fahrenheit 451 censorship affected the world in a bad way such as taking citizens freedom to think for themselves away. In the book Fahrenheit 451 it is shown how censorship is bad but censorship can also affect the world in a positive way. In order to obtain order in America, citizens need censorship. Censorship

Be’Lecyn Patterson Ms. M. White 9th English 03 March 2017 Censorship Is Bad Imagine if a society controlled what people see, hear, or did. This type of censorship is harmful to a society. Everyone needs to understand each other’s freedoms. This issue is discussed in Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. In this society, they can not read certain things and people decide to commit suicide over it. Censorship takes away our rights as individuals. It violates the First Amendment, keeps people from learning

Should students in public high schools have the right to access uncensored internet on the campus computers or electronic devices? In an article by Occupytheory.org, Internet Censorship Pros and Cons List, they believe that controlling students' access to the internet will keep students safe from dangerous situations and unethical content. For example, filtering the internet in high schools can prevent many issues like cyber bullying, pornography and protect students from becoming a victim to predators

Censorship, what is censorship truly. A blessing? Perhaps a curse, the Dictionary definition of censorship would be the suppression or prohibition of any parts of books, films, news, etc. (Google search) Which is true, but is it necessarily a good thing. There are many pros and cons of real world censorship just as there is with many things meant to protect us. Just like a sword, it protects but can cause harm to those in its way. A common reason for censorship would be the effect certain materials

In 2011, several people started a “Don’t Filter Me project.” They wanted to remove the web filters on the school computers that blocked several educational sites. They filed lawsuits and demanded that they unblock these sites and take away the web filters. Also another group of people petitioned the Supreme Court to strike down the Communications Decency Act

control and censor what their children are watching on the Internet and television. Censorship is the suppression of publishing information on the Internet or television (Naik). The government blocks only the content that is proved to be unfit for