tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post261637286815872582..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: Almost Banned by Keren DavidUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-52532071965113321002013-02-10T16:04:05.939+00:002013-02-10T16:04:05.939+00:00It's tricky balancing sensitivity with maturit...It's tricky balancing sensitivity with maturity, but I say, if you haven't even read the book, how the hell can you know if it's suitable or not? Basic common sense, anyone working with teenagers should surely know that you really need to read the books you're recommending to them first - YA covers so much more than people seem to think it does.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-37456806349686786662013-02-08T16:56:49.958+00:002013-02-08T16:56:49.958+00:00What an interesting experience. And how blinkered ...What an interesting experience. And how blinkered of all those so-called experts to ban a book without reading it (although of course, that's the way with all culture). Judy Blume's 'Forever' was banned at our school if we were under 15. Of course we all found ways of getting our hands on it. So what does banning achieve? Only an insatiable desire to get hold of the book! And young people are more sophisticated than we give them credit for - if they didn't enjoy your book they would quickly stop reading it, whatever it was about.Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13943103583685618295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-11719117493841154032013-02-08T12:38:19.074+00:002013-02-08T12:38:19.074+00:00It's a very good book about something that man...It's a very good book about something that many young people will come into contact with and it's sad when adults censor reading on a whim. Young people will not stop swearing because they read it in a book - they already know the words and sometimes they will add to a novel's credibility if added naturally to the text to reflect the characters and their lives.Anonymoushttp://helenaskarlsson.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-27375714412660266612013-02-08T12:12:41.024+00:002013-02-08T12:12:41.024+00:00This is very interesting. We read Macbeth at 12 wh...This is very interesting. We read Macbeth at 12 when I was at school. And Merchant of Venice when we were 11. No one thought of banning those...and as you say, knife crime affects very young people. adelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15826710558292792068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-44951231045127276742013-02-08T09:03:38.746+00:002013-02-08T09:03:38.746+00:00The teacher who did read and whose professional op...The teacher who did read and whose professional opinion was then played with in a tug of war must have felt a bit disconcerted too. Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05628601066057750860noreply@blogger.com