-A Vermont high school librarian is orced to resign because she fought the school board's decision to remove Richard Price's The Wanderers, and to "restrict" the use of Stephen King's Carrie and Patrick Mann's Dog Day Afternoon (Jones 33).

-An Indiana school board takes action that leads to the burning of many copies of a textbook that deals with drugs and the sexual behavior of teenagers (Berger 61).

These cases of censorship in public shools are not unusual and there is evidence that such challenges are increasing (Woods 2). These challenges are actually typical o the ones being leveled against school libraries today. These challenges can come from one person or a group concerned with the suitability of the material in question. In almost every case, the efort to ban books is said to be "justified by fesr of the harmful effects that the books may haave on young children" (Berger 59). The result of therse censorship attempts has been two opposing sides: one side believes that "more suitable materials can us

As stalwart and idealistic as I am, I still unerstand that at some point in my career I will come under attack from a censorship group unhappy with my selection of curricula. The American School Board Journal gives a list of nine strategies that cona be used to help reduce the of an attack; these include "involving citizens in the book selection process", "giving objecting parents and students and out", and "don't ban or remove books until they've been afforded a fair trial" (Woods 35). A similar list by Diane Divoky is a little more extreme but no less helpful. Her list includes hints like, "if you're going touse a book with obscenities, check to see if there are approved books in the school library containing the same words", and "before you take on a high-risk project, try to align yourself with a veteran staff member", and "at the moment you suspect a problem lies down the line, call the best lawyer within your reach" (Woods 34).

who has developed self-discipline and self-motivation, who can laugh at the

to develop a free and reasoning human being who can think for himself,

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