Name: Anonymous 2006-09-05 14:43
In elementary school kids are not taught certain subjects or given certain books due to their concepts or content. Movies with mature themes require parental permission rather than the student deciding. Mature subjects such as psychology or sociology are not taught. Anything that involves questioning society, laws, or understanding violence and sex is avoided, censored, innapropriate and un-Christian. So in Junior High this becomes laxed, and more in High School, and finally college were subjects are unleashed, using swear words, violence, sexual descriptions. But all this time the student has been taught this is "bad" or "wrong" or should be censored and avoided. You aren't supposed to use naughty words in plays or movies or books, so these college books must be abnormal. Unless these are the normal materials, meaning the whole time you weren't being given the chance to see what's real and normal and what's out there in the world.
Censorship and ageism. This is innapropriate because we think it is, we have religious beliefs, we don't want to offend your parents, and we don't want to risk this chance of saying a dirty word and telling you to be mature about it. You're a kid. You're not supposed to be mature. Stick to kids books. Never pick up a book in the adult section of the bookstore. It has bad words.
Censorship and ageism. This is innapropriate because we think it is, we have religious beliefs, we don't want to offend your parents, and we don't want to risk this chance of saying a dirty word and telling you to be mature about it. You're a kid. You're not supposed to be mature. Stick to kids books. Never pick up a book in the adult section of the bookstore. It has bad words.