Should Parents Decide?

The idea that parents should be able to control the things that their children read has come to debate. So, if anyone has been just dying to know what I have to say about the matter(I know you’re out there… please be out there!), well, here is what you have been waiting for.

I don’t believe that parents should be able to limit what their children read. In Elementary school, maybe, but in Middle school, no way. The reasons for me is that if the books are on a reading list in the first place, the teacher has a reason for it.Second, someday, you are going to have to stop protecting your child to the horrors of life, and they are going to have to learn, you can’t stop that. Plus, if you protect them their entire lives, they are going to be weak and scared of everything that comes into their life. You need some roughening up, you know? To get into life and grow up, to recognize everything that goes on and deal with it effectively. So, that’s what I say. Also, for you censor people out there trying to censor out good books and ruin the way they were meant to be read, you really make me mad.

Scrooge's Diary

Dec. 24 1843
Dear Diary,
The merry feeling came today. I have always hated it. The carolers, the giving, it easily gets on my nerves. It's like the whole of the world is out to get me! They want me to give up my money to a bunch of ------- homeless people.
I hate Christmas and all that take part in the ghastly holiday. It's not like they just leave you alone. Oh no. They sing to you, and they bother you until AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Even the poorest people in the town are giving up their MONEY! I would never do such a thing as give up my money. No way.
This is why the Christmas spirit is stupid and dumb, and I wish it would all go away.
I hate Christmas.
Bah. Bah humbug.