My Opinion about Banned Books

    By Nora

    Many adults think that kids aren't mature enough to read certain books. What they don't know is recent generations of kids are much, much more mature than they were when they were young. I would think that all kids above the age of 10, maybe even a bit younger, know about things they shouldn't know about yet. I'm sure adults these days will never understand that because they still believe their kids are "innocent."

I definitely still believe some books should be banned from certain grade levels, but they should NOT be banned from schools. Older grade levels (middle school) should be able to read whatever they want because I think that SOME of the kids in middle school these days are mature enough and understand almost everything high school students do. And some books on the list of banned books shouldn't even be considered being band because they're very good books for middle school students and they're not even that bad at all. Whoever decided to have banned book week is ridiculous because students should be free to read whatever they want if they feel they're mature enough to handle it. Parents shouldn't control what their kids read either.

Another reason I don't think books should be banned is because books have a great deal of information that kids can learn from even if they're not meant to be taught at schools or even supposed to teach you anything. Different people get different information out of books. Some people may not even learn anything, and some people might learn something that'd change their life. I know I've learned and enjoyed many books that are on the banned books list and it makes me mad they're banning them. Books like that definitely matured me a lot, and I'm sure the same would happen for other kids. I'm not sure why adults make such a big deal out of books that students would probably enjoy. Just because they might not like them doesn't mean younger people won't.

In my opinion, there shouldn't even be a banned book week. But when I'm an adult and all the adults that are alive now are dead, I might be able to delete it from existence. Then all good books will be able to live happily ever after.

    

By Magie

Peace means that people are nice to each other and care for each other. It also means that people aren't killing each other or yelling at each other. When people are being peaceful you will hear every one getting along and communicating. That is what peace means to me.

To make our school and class more peaceful I think we should stop criticizing each other. We shouldn't criticize of what they wear or what they look like. Probably if we would stop criticizing there wouldn't be fights. Everyone would be friends and they wouldn't fight.

To make a family peaceful I think we shouldn't argue with each other. When we're mad at each other we should try to fix things by being calm. Also when my parents tell me to do something or tell me not to do something I should listen. I shouldn't argue because that wouldn't be peaceful. That's what I think we should do to make my family peaceful.

 

By Avi

 

When I think of the word peace it reminds me of family, friendship, school and happiness. To me it also means no wars or fighting and being nice to everyone and not being violent. The word peace sounds like Paz which means peace in Spanish. It could also mean bye. When I see the peace sign it reminds me of a circle.

To keep peace with my friends and I can hangout more and we could try to make new friends. In school we can stop the bullying. People also shouldn't criticize others for how they look or dress. Sometimes peace also reminds me of helping the earth and being calm. Some ways we can help the earth is by recycling and reusing things.

To keep peace in my family I think we shouldn't argue. We could also have more family reunions. We could also treat everybody in the family equally. For example I could help my parents around the house.

 

 

By Yareli

When I think of the word peace it reminds me of happiness and people being nice to each other. And also it reminds me when people say peace instead of bye. The sign of peace it reminds me of a circle with the letter A in the middle.

Io make the school more peaceful everyone should be nice at each other and be friendly. People should not criticize how other people look or what their wearing. For the class to be more peaceful kids should work together as a group and be nice too. Everyone should help each other. And they shouldn't fight or argue.

To keep peace in my family everyone should be happy. And also everyone should treat each other nice. And be helpful by cleaning the house.

 

What Peace Means

By Nefer

Peace means being nice to everyone and everything, including the earth. We could be more peaceful to the earth by putting trash in trash cans, recycle, and using reusable things. Not bullying, hitting or yelling at people would make us seem nicer to them. We shouldn't write or carve on things that don't belong to us. Peace sounds like people talking calmly to each other, and everybody getting along. Peace sounds like everybody getting along, and communicating with each other. People hugging, talking to everyone, being happy is what being peaceful looks like. That's what peace means to me.

 

For my school to be more peaceful we could all be nicer to each other and, not bully anyone. We could all talk to each other nicely, and not yell. People shouldn't criticize others on how they dress, or what they look like. Kids at the school should be nice to their friend and people who aren't their friends. Doing some of these things would make our school more peaceful.

 

To keep peace in my family my sisters and I shouldn't fight or yell at each other. When my parents tell us to do something or not to do something we should listen to them and not make them mad. Me and my sisters shouldn't get mad at each other so easily so we don't argue and yell. My family could be a lot more peaceful than it is now.

Peace

By Karlie

    I think peace means happiness, being kind to others, getting along with others. When I hear the word peace I think of the words happy and loving. I see the word peace I think of the peace sign.

    I think to keep peace in your class room and at school the school staff should report any and all types of bulling. Also the kids in the class room should cooperate better so that will prevent the teacher from giving off negative energy.

    Well I think to keep peace in your family have less family gatherings, also maybe the alcoholics get some help, and very one should stay out of other family members business!

    

By Jon

    What peace means to me is no terrorists trying to murder people Obama doing what he promised (If you want to know what he hasn't done watch the Oriley factor on fox). What it means is Binladin is either dead or not attacking the USA. It means that the US is either out of Iran or has a reason to be in there, that all the people drive like they have brains so that there are no drunk drivers or road rage. One example would be no countries being at war. If you want peace prepare for war you'll be prepared and it will be over faster.

    In school people could actually listen to the teacher, and do what they say! (99.9% of the time they know what they're talking about). If they don't listen they'll regret it eventually. What if you're broke because you never learned anything? What if you're out on the street and none of your friends are there to help you? They're just five or six people out of 6, 000,000,000,000 people. Be realistic what are the chances you'll see them again when you're out of school. What will you do then?

    To make my family more peaceful I could try to understand my little brother (like I haven't tried that!). I could hide from my big brother Ethan. I could just ignore my little brother. I could not argue with my brothers. And I could not fight with my brothers.