Filtering in Libraries and Schools
We read about blocking some kinds of internet sites in public libraries and
schools by using filtering software. There are problems on how to define an
obscene piece of material, the list of filtered sites is not available to user ,
restricting access of adults, not just children, and affecting the lives of poor
people who cannot afford PCs by filtering many sites. I think everyone
agrees that we should protect children from harmful sites. However, it is
difficult to make a restriction which is acceptable by all users. How should
filtering systems changed ?
There is an expression in the textbook that is concerning the right to see
porn in libraries(Basse, Sara p205). It seems silly because I think a library is
not a place for pleasure but for study. However, filtering all sites with
inappropriate materials for children is not a good idea because some people
want to do research on breast cancer, sex, Nazism...etc. What can libraries do
about this problem? In my opinion, rooms for adults...
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Lennie is marginalized as the “cuckoo” character that is rather unintelligent and useless. George is clearly established as the man with the intelligence and the supporter of Lennie. Slim see...
In schools around the nation, many books have been banned from the teaching curriculum. Some of them deserve to be banned due to the explicit content only suited for adults. Some books like the Harry Potter series, The Catcher in the Rye, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Hunger Games. Granted, there are language issues in Catcher and Huckleberry Finn, but that language exists everywhere. The censorship should not be as strict as it is because many great books are being banned that students should be reading in order to gain an understanding on who some great writers were. Some of the banned books should be reconsidered on whether they should be censored or not.
The Moral Life Of Babies, from the New York Times is an article describing multiple studies on babies done to measure infant cognition. These studies were done in hopes of determining if babies had and used any senses of morality. It was shown that humans do have some sort of sense of morality at the very start of life. It is thought that some sense of good and evil are bred into the babies. The studies showed that babies have an understanding of mental life, they know right from wrong, how people should behave and how they should react to certain situations. Since it was not known if babies reacted certain ways to deliberately be moral, moral-baby experiments were done. Moral-baby experiments used two kinds of actions to study babies; the action of helping or hindering. The studies were originally done to study babies social interactions, but also showed latent moral content. The studies consisted of geometrical objects that demonstrated acts of helping or hindering other shapes get up and down a hill. The babies were later asked to pick between the geometrical objects. Most of the babies preferred the helping objects over the hindering objects. This showed that babies prefer good guys over bad guys and know right from wrong. Another similar study was done using animal puppets, having them help each other open a box, or deliberately close the box on each other. This study also showed that babies have a general understanding of good and bad behavior. This research showed that babies have moral instincts and emotional reactions. It is believed that babies are born with moral foundations, biologically engineered inside us as infants, only to acquire more information to shape our views and beliefs from our culture. Three-month olds s...
I really enjoyed listening to Sarah Salguera’s talk about cultural diversity. She made various points throughout her talk, that greatly intrigued me. One being how we should not be blind to color. It is important that we recognize the differences among people and embrace them. We need to teach our children that it is ok to be different. We all have different cultural backgrounds that bring unique aspects to the table. It as also important to ask the question “what if?”. What if a person of a different cultural background did not feel included? If a person felt this way, they may not embrace the cultural they are in, or share their cultural differences.
"Books are dangerous. They make you think feel wonder . They make you ask questions (Weiss p.2)."
Censorship in Schools There has recently been a renewed interest and passion in the issue of censorship. In the realm of the censorship of books in schools alone, several hundred cases have surfaced each year for nearly the past decade. Controversies over which books to include in the high school English curriculum present a clash of values between teachers, school systems, and parents over what is appropriate for and meaningful to students. It is important to strike a balance between English that is meaningful to students by relating to their lives and representing diversity and satisfying worries about the appropriateness of what is read.
With over 759 million registered domain names, the Internet has proved to be the definitive source of information (Hunter). Covering a full spectrum of subjects and services, it is an entity that we can not do without. However, despite all this usefulness, more than 14 percent of all websites are dedicated to pornography (Ward). To further worsen the matter, more than 13 percent of all searches made daily are
Censorship in School Libraries The most debatable and controversial form of censorship today is the banning of books in school libraries. Banning books that educate students is wrong and selfish. Censorship of books in school libraries is neither uncommon nor an issue of the past. Books with artistic and cultural worth are still challenged constantly by those who want to control what others read. The roots of bigotry and illiteracy that fuel efforts to censor books and free expression are unacceptable and unconditional.
Book banning seems an archaic notion to many. Yet as outmoded as banning may seem, censorship is still a huge part of the United States literary culture. Book banning is most often successful at the young adult literature level. Parents, and other objectors, utilize the censorship process in an effort to protect children and young adults from books that they deem dangerous. Public libraries, school libraries, and English classrooms are where these censorship attempts are being waged, often successfully. Indeed, more than 97% of challenges take place in public libraries, school libraries, and classrooms (“ALA Challenges by Initiator”).When these challenges succeed, they also succeed in taking important, compelling, worthwhile literature from the hands and minds of students. Book banning in public schools and libraries is unethical, counterproductive, and futile; not only is it impossible to shield young people from the themes found in realistic fiction, but those themes often serve as incredible coping devices as well as powerful teaching tools.
George and Lennie embark on a search for a job in the midst of the Great Depression. Lennie, a large man with a mental disability, follows George, a man with wits and drive. He has a goal and has been held back from it by Lennie. George often tells Lennie how hindering he is and this leads to an unhealthy, but dependent relationship between the two. Lennie is the brunt and George is the brain. Lennie does anything that George
There are couples who are happy and there are those who are not. The success rate of marriages in America has fallen; fifty percent of all marriages will not make it to the end. Fifty percent of all marriages today, who enter into a “lifelong” commitment, will end in divorce. In search of a solution and an explanation researchers have turned to look at couples who are happy and those who are not, through all stages of a relationship. They have found that many of the traits that begin in a dating relationship will carry over into a marriage. Researchers have turned to the ways in which these happy couples communicate and the ways that not so happy couples communicate in order to find a common thread between couples who stay committed to one another while being satisfied in the relationship. There are communicative traits practiced by these couples who are happy. Those traits include but are not limited to successful conflict resolution, communicative responses to situations which threaten your relationship, the use of rituals to build relational quality and intimacy, the role of affection in relational satisfaction.
Cultural diversity is important because our country, our workplaces and our schools include persons of various ethnics groups and interests. We can learn from one another, but first we must
I’m writing to express my concerns about one of the biggest unaddressed social issues in our community today: the devaluation and marginalization of the academic accomplishments of the Asian members of our community. In a highly competitive community such as ours, with extraordinary students in every field, it is easy for one to feel inadequate. To combat this feeling of inadequacy, people tend to diminish the accomplishments of their peers, using excuses to justify why they accomplished where others failed. The most prevalent example of this that I have observed is the idea, “Oh, she got a 100 on the test. Well, she’s supposed to, she’s Asian.” We, myself included, can sometimes be hypercritical of our classmates in order to make ourselves feel better about our own deficiencies. I have witnessed this poisonous mindset be applied to everything from getting good grades, to getting leadership positions.
As a young girl, I was taught to accept others no matter how different they are from me. Being from Atlanta, Georgia, I have grown up in an environment where diversity is normalized. As seen in my eyes, Atlanta is very accepting of other races, genders, sexuality, and religions. This has entitled me to my opinion that diversity is very important in my life. There are many times that different types of diversities played a key role in my life. I played golf on a team with men and women which shows that diversity is not only about race; it can be within gender too. Also, there is diversity of students at my school, where many races and cultures blend together. Another diverse experience for me was the moment of history when President Obama became