Why would a 'Where's Waldo' book be banned from a school?
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I was surprised too and went checking the web for reasons that might have been given.\n\nOn this site:\nhttp://www.cosforums.com/showthread.php?p=3061246\nthe reason was given that there is one woman who is not wearing a top in the book. Now THERE'S something that kids will want to look for.  I never noticed her, come to think of it.\nOn another site  \n(http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=26416&st=15)\n I found this:\n\n"Where's Waldo?\nAUTHOR: Martin Hanford\nISBN: 0763619205\nPlot Summary: A picture book, where you look closely to find...oh, hell, everyone knows what this is! Sheesh!\nComplaints: Nudity (Yes, I am serious.)\nAlthough most of us are searching for Waldo among the crowd in the illustrations of this book, some folks have discovered something else entirely--purportedly a topless sunbather. The book was challenged by libraries in Michigan on the grounds that "on some of the pages there are dirty things." \nSolonor Says Ban It Because: Seriously. This lowers the bar so far that I could get ANYTHING banned!"
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Technically, if she prevents you from leaving the classroom via a method of restraint or causes physical harm in doing so this is illiegal retraint and is punishable by law.  If this is a public institution, then you need to take this to the Superintendent of Schools or to your states education board.\n\nCalling the student Gay is called defaming and is illegal due to harrassment laws.  \n\n\nThe announcement of grades in in direct violation of the Student Right to Privacy of Education Records and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).\n\nIf this teacher is being as rude and horrible as you state, you need to appraoch the State Education and licensing board (heck your state website for information.  Personaly, it seems that this teacher is preying on the the fact that students tend to know less about their rights than adults and is using fear to coerce students.  \n\nYou will want to visit this site for more information:\n\nhttp://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/prevention.html\n\nThey also offer a reporting service, but you may want to read the whole thing first.
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They get away with that kind of not-so-veiled political indoctrination because school boards and administrators are either politically like-minded, or they don't have the guts to put a stop to it.\n\nFreedom of speech does NOT give a teacher a right to preach his/her own political belief to a captive audience of students.  Those who argue that are just attempting to blow smoke into an area where the sun doesn't shine.  \n\nBennish should be fired, not for his political beliefs, but because he is a bloody incompetent who can't even teach basic geography without trying to spread political propaganda.
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Not exactly.  The school curricula are limited so as not to offend one group or another, because school boards don't like controversy--it isn't good for their continued employment.  A friend of mine who used to work for Holt, Rinehart & Winston talked every once in a while about everything they weren't allowed to put in the textbooks because someone in Kansas or somewhere might get upset--and since it's cheaper to publish one book for the whole country than it is to specialize them by state, the attitudes of people in one state can easily influence what goes into textbooks across the country.\n\nThis limits the amount of real education that takes place, which in turn can keep kids from being exposed to intelligent, reasoned debate.  This makes it harder for them to think clearly when they grow up, if they're not learning it at home.\n\nSo yes, history does appear to be badly taught in public schools, and part of it is intentional.  But I think the gullibility and mindless consumerism is a side effect, not the primary cause.
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I can't think of a single reason they shouldn't be allowed. It's a public place, and cameras are freely allowed in public places. Further, there is a reasonable expectation that the school would be able to prevent crimes lke vandalism, etc.
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Agree with it?  What choice do I have?\n\nI see why such a ban would exist.  Peanut allergies are increasingly common and really dangerous and schools don't want to be sued.
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They obviously need to have a high degree of oversight, but to leave it totally to the community can do a great disservice to its students.  All you need is enough short-sighted individuals determined to "fix" schools and the next thing you know they're burning books and teaching religion.  Censorship never taught anyone anything, expcept that the suppression of ideas is dangerous.\n\nMaintaining high academic standards and an unbiased curriculum is everyone's responsibility.
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Well then some of your questions too would be banned!\n\nDid you know that Harry Potter was written by a Scottish woman??? And I believe that Austria is not in the USA!!!!!
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I would worry that banning books and information affects the young.  Students don't want to read or develop opinions and thought.  They want to play video games and listen to music.  Marketing and advertisers influence teenagers to think about materials and ideas that will make them richer not enrich the kids or the world. It creates discourse that is frivolous and shallow, attitudes that are indifferent and lazy.  Some things being banned make people want to read or learn more, but teenagers would run and buy a CD that was controversial, but a book, they probably wouldn’t even know about the controversy because they are not reading newspapers or news online or anything but MTV news. People will become less active minded and less critical and before you know it, the world will change into a new world, but only a better world for the people who dictate the thoughts of the masses.
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Absolutely!  While we're at it, lets ban all forms of debate.  That free speech can be a dangerous thing so we better ban that too.  I know a few dangerous books that I would like to ban and I'm sure you'll agree that it would be for the good of us all.  Oh there's so much evil in the world I don't know where to start.
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I don't know of any books being taken off the market, but "Rage", which is actually one of his Bachman books, is being taken out of print.  The novel was written many years ago, but is about a student shooting up his school.  Mr. King decided not to allow it to be printed anymore due to recent events.
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Their IT administrator has probly set up the system to not allow that site along with (probly) and million sites. It is done to ensure that students are not looking at inappropriate/irrelevent information online.
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I only know of 1 book that has been banned, but not really to the entire public. This book is the Da Vinci Code. The Pope banned it before he died, but it has already been made into a movie and sold in bookstores everywhere.
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What are you talking about?\n\nClearly there are some national security reasons to make some things difficult to locate.  Yes, it is certainly true that national security is sometimes used where it shouldn’t be use.  However the recourse for such actions is public access to records and application can be made for anything.  If the government wants to keep it for only a high security clearance, then it must demonstrate that necessity in a court.\n\nBanning of books generally occurs at the local level in the local school or library.  In both of these situations there is recourse to get such decisions reversed.  A relatively few things should fall under banning acts.  For example, pornographic pictures and writings kept from those who are too young.\n\nWhat specifically are you referring to?  If you listed those it might be easier to join with you if those things have merit.
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It's only a small minority of schools where prayer is banned, and we Christians can always send our children to Christian schools anyway if we have to, so your question is moot.
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no. due to the separation of church and state decision in 1946 during the Emerson v. Board of education case brought before the supreme court, the bible and all religious material are not allowed as curriculum material in the united states. students may choose to bring or read it, and quoting passages from it are fine, but it may not be used in the curriculum, and teachers are not allowed to speak of religious beliefs and practices unless a student asks. the ONLY exception is a religion class (world religions) or a private school/college, where taking these courses or attending this school(as in private schools) are by choice. colleges and private schools are not held by the same rules, as they are private companies, if you will.
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Journalists can be ordered by a judge to reveal their sources and jailed if they refuse, but they do not have to reveal their sources without a court order.\n\nNude dancing is not protected by the first amendment, which is why cities can ban nude bars and they tend to be in unincorporated areas. "Obscene" material has no first amendment protection.\n\nBible study can be conducted in public schools if and only if it is conducted as part of a literature course and it is only discussed in so far as it is literature. Otherwise, religious events can be held on school grounds outside of school times as long as the grounds are available for any religious meeting that may want to use them.