A Houston parent calls for the banning of a book concerning book banning? Check out the story here. Someone could have at least told the guy it was Banned Books Week, a time, according to the American Library Association’s Web site, to celebrate the freedom to choose or express one’s opinion, even if it might be considered unorthodox or unpopular.
My Mass Media and Communications class ironically just finished reading Ray Bradbury’s classic novel. I teach it early in the year, because the book’s messages about freethinking, the critical importance of knowledge and literacy, and the freedom of speech are paramount in today’s world. Do yourself a favor. Click on the image an buy yourself a copy. There is a quote at the start of the novel that I have always found particularly exciting. Spanish Nobel Prize winning poet Juan Ramon Jimenez is quoted as saying, “If they give you ruled paper, then write the other way.” Now wouldn’t that make a great t-shirt?
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