Book Banning: Where Does it Start?
I don't remember where or when I first fell in love with reading, but I remember being supported in the classroom to continue to read. To further my reading skills by reading something new or different, I actually enjoy some of the school-selected texts we read in class (some of them). Without knowing, I felt encouraged to read whatever I wanted or pick up something I would not generally read daily. This became my normal . For others, it can be difficult to find interest in reading—the motivation to read for pleasure and not for school, work, or business. As a future English teacher, I can see this within students. The lack of interest in reading for fun has slowly become a lack of interest. This makes me wonder what I can do to get students interested in reading anything or to understand that something is interesting for them out there, if not in the classroom. I want to look more into book bans and book censorship. I want to know more ...