Talked to hundreds of high schoolers today about being an author. Biggest number of questions? Who is banning books and why? The kids. are wanting. to know.
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I fled teaching in Texas for teaching in the blue upper Midwest 3 years. Our district has us teach Maus, & I do a mini-lesson on book-banning as part of that unit. The kids' minds are always blown that the book they are reading has been challenged so much. They really want to understand why.
I didn't anticipate that would be what questions would pop up the most since that wasn't what the talk was on, but I was so glad I could not only answer them but remind 'em it's okay not to like certain books and not to read them...they just don't get to take those things away from others.
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Book banning is an act of control and bullying.