How to ban a book in your local school
Graphic blogs are all the rage these days, but I’ve never tried doing one. I’m not really much of an artist. I was, however, a computer science major back in the days when we flowcharted our programs before we started coding them. I can do flowcharts. So, in the wake of controversy over an attempt to ban Sherman Alexie’s book, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, I decided to do my first graphical blog post.
Here you go:
If the subject of book bannings and censorship interests you, then you might want to take a look at another of my posts: A few myths about banned books. I’ve spoken about this subject before to a variety of groups, including the Red Lodge Forum for Provocative Issues.
Posted on 17 November 2013, in Blog and tagged banned books, book banning, censorship, challenging books, flowchart, flowcharts, infographics, principals, schools, Sherman Alexie, teachers, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. Bookmark the permalink. 2 Comments.
Great post. Re-sharing. Like, everywhere.
I love this! Reposting in a second! I love the idea of taking responsibility for your child’s education…but not forcing your beliefs/morals/etc. on everyone entirely.