you know i am a catholic but sometimes i just can't see the holy book as anything but fiction, it has such a disgustingly warped sense of right and wrong. I went to a catholic primary school and i have no clue how they taught the bible and gave me a good sense of right and wrong. They were good teachers though.
I just wanna say that I don't agree with your last comment Jackson. The Bible is a religious book and removing it would be kinda racist toward Christians. If someone removed the Qu'ran then there would be an uproar. Think about it...
@beckybookreviews You've got a point-- sort of. The Bible is a religious book, but did you know there's an entire group of people who consider Star Trek a religious show? Is their religion less "important" just because it isn't popular? Because there was a time when Christianity wasn't popular either. If we're going to say "religious texts" don't count, we have to be prepared to allow ALL religious texts, from the popular right down to the satanic.
Is it really such a big deal that they removed it from the school library? I mean, yeah, I hate censorship as much as the next person, but school libraries suck. I never went to my school library when I wasn't forced to, and they usually don't have good books anyways. That's what public libraries and book stores are for.
But I just love it when parents try to shelter their teens from drugs, alcohol and sex. This is the 21st century, and we have a little thing called the internet.
I am wholly and completely against censorship in all its various forms and degrees. But what annoys the puss right out of me is when people say they're against the sort of thing that school board did and Mr. Scroggins demanded, only to turn around and say that books like Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov should be banned from printing presses and libraries and bookshelves all over the word.
In my school we are forced to read (which no one does) a half hour every night and get a parent to sign off we did...every night, Thankfully they abolished in for 8th graders but a lot of kids failed because they refused to,
Just because those things go against the teachings of the Bible does not mean that they don't exist. Why are they concerned about books when teenagers can go on the internet and be bombarded with websites that actually promote these things while most books show the dark sides and consequences of doing drugs or getting pregnant as a teenager? Besides, if a teenager is doing things like drugs or having copious amounts off sex, chances are they aren't reading classic books like Slaughterhouse 5.
Don't they realise that not allowing people (especially teenagers) to do something just makes them want to do it more. I am going to read these books now and I bet a lot of students at the school are going to do the same. It's achieving a positive despite their best efforts to achieve a negative.
hi Jackson, did you see read/hear about the give-away of free copies of Slaughterhouse Five by the Vonnegut Library to to students from Republic High School in Missouri? Check out vonnegutlibrary[dot]org.
Thnx for your wonderful vlogs, I really enjoy watching them!
It's interesting to me that Speak was considered for their "banned books" list. I'm in high school, and it's actually IN of our curriculum... It's also a highly recommended book by almost the entire school staff. We had problems in middle school with banned books (not so much in high school), so what did we do? We created a large bookclub of about 40 students completely centered on the banned books. It was awesome when some of the teachers who didn't agree with the school's decision helped us :)
@BrandiNicole2013 I read that book voluntarily when I was eight, and I loved it, especially at the end where she gets her friends to kick his ass. I knew what rape was, and I'd heard about it before my parents actually told me what it was. Speak doesn't go against anything in the Bible, it doesn't even have anything to do with the Bible. If Scroggins is correct, then everything even mentioning anything illegal should be banned. Like the Bible and the Constitution.
At the end of the day people should be allowed to read what they choose. When I was 13 my mum and my teacher suggested I read Flowers in the Attic by Virgina Andrews. I decided that the content of the book wasn't what I wanted to read about, however, I would never take it out of someone else's hands. As a teenager if I didn't like the content of a book I would just stop reading it and the ones I did read I didn't become corrupted from.
Not everybody is Christian. Which means that not everybody follows the bible. Which means that as long as you're non Christian, you technically are allowed to contradict the bible. And besides, if a teenager started to read a book and found out herself/himself that the book isn't suitable for him/her, he/she will probably put it down. People are smart enough to make their own choices about which books to read.
I think it should be up to the parents, not the school. I read 20 Boy Summer awhile ago, and I didn't think there was anything wrong with it. It never even crossed my mind that it should be banned. Soon there will be nothing left for our kids to read in school.
So SO very true. The Bible has a LOT of stuff in it, like David having a ton of wives. And violence (nails through wrist and feet? *shudder*). I think all sorts of books should be taught, but certain ideas shouldn't be promoted. Like underage drinking.
I just wanted to let you know...I found this video very compelling and truthful so I decided to post a link to it under that news article you mentioned in the comment section, telling everyone to go and check it out!! I hope that will lead to more adults watching this!!! -beckyluuwho :)
how can speak is part from the bible its a book that all teens need to read before they get to high school because it helped me and my friend to relact to melinda somes school dont understand they more like a perivte school
@CarFox6 No she was trying to fit in and got drunk and she was raped then she was in shock then all her friends thought she called the cops because to get everyone in trouble but it was because she was raped and she got silent by all of the ass holes of the friends because they were being asses. to her and calling her a snitch because she called the copes and they did not bother to find out what really happen that night. SO SHE WAS NOT TRYING HAVE SEX READ THE BOOK DO NOT GOOGLE IT.
@alduft Lol, I was being sarcastic. I have read the book. Did you actually believe that I was one of those stupid Jesus freaks who thinks everything with a touchy subject is pure evil?
@CarFox6 sorry man i had to give a speach about books like this and i had alot of hate comments at the end and it was the same day you repled so it was another poke that didnt think about before i write you know so im sorry i hope you understand :)
I'm so thankful my parents never told me "NO" to a book or banned it from our house let alone library, if they thought it was "inappropriate" for my age they'd simply say "You may want to wait a year or two before reading this, but it's your choice" and if they or I had questions about the content we'd discuss it. I can't tell you how many of my friends would sneak reading a specific book because they're parents (who wouldn't read the book in question) wouldn't allow it.
I'm 14, and let me tell you, it is AWESOME to see an adult who understands and is so willing to defend teenagers. It's so rare for an adult to actually think we can handle more 'mature' topics in books, and I'm so sick of books being taken away from us because some small group of people deemed them unsuitable. You're awesome, Jackson!
Most of the books I have read through my life have "adult themes" and "sexual content." A lot of these books dealt with serious moral issues. They dealt with lying to my parents or drugs. These books allowed me to see the consequences these characters had to face for wrong choices. The books allowed me to grow. And my mother never ONCE told me I wasn't allowed to read a book. There were times when she said "You might want to wait a few years for this one, but it's your choice." This let me grow
This makes me feel so lucky. At my (public) school, we are not only allowed to read Slaughterhouse Five, but are taught the book our sophomore year. Twenty Boy Summer and Speak are both on recommended reading lists, and the library celebrates banned book week by encouraging us to read oft - banned books. I wish more people had a school library like mine.
When I was in Middle school, Twilight was just becoming popular and they wouldn't let the school get a copy because it had kissing and religious conficts in it. But every girl just went out and bought the bok anyway...so what were they "protecting" us from? Btw, lol on the westies and the water hose!
I read ALL the time, and I've read all sorts of books with varying degrees of "appropriateness". Reading allows you to become someone else for an amount of time, and it helps me understand people going through situations like that. If you must, put ratings on the books, to warn people of its contents and they can choose for themselves if they would like to pick it up. Books are my only escape from reality, even if it brings me to another one.
I had a friend who couldnt read Twilight because it was against her religion. I cant believe Twenty Boy Summer was banned. I loved that book, it was a great book, my local library had it. I am sure my school had it as well. I mean we might as well ban everything in this world. You cant pretend the world is just unicorns, and rainbows all the time.
I have to say that point about all those themes being in the bible was an excellent point. I'm a teenager, I read the Bible AND other books. I'm a total bookworm. I just know enough that even though the characters in the book do things that are wrong, I don't copy them.
Also yes, I paused the video and looked up the scripture you put on screen, lol... not sure I understand why the ones in Deuteronomy and 2 Corinthians are there, but the rest all made excellent points to your argument. :)
I read books where it has sex, smoke, and not just that but there are TV shows which gives a visual picture of these activities. I certainly dont participate in them because I know the consequences. It's all about parenting, and making the right decisions your self. You cant always blame on something else. You need to be responsible for your own actions
Why can't these people realize that we teens can make our own decisions when it comes to reading. They're always talking about how reading is so darn important so WHY can't they realize that taking these books away from the libraries isn't going to get us to read more. Sure some teens will deliberately (me) read books they censor but many won't read at all. And these people, in my opinion, DO NOT live in our time today...don't they see everything that's on the news? Censor THAT please!
What kills me is that there are adults out there that do this kind of thing and then say "I don't understand why teenagers are always on the computer and watching TV instead of reading?" Seriously? Perhaps if you stopped treating teenagers like toddlers and let them pick their own reading material they would read more. This irritates me. I'm 25 and have always been a big reader, but if everything I read had to be screened by my parents (or school) I wouldn't have bothered (back then at least).
I think this is ridiculous: the school board ruling, not your video. As someone who went to a Christian school I had experience with people freaking out when books didn't line up with their beliefs. Thankfully, I had parents who encouraged my sister and I to read those taboo books. I think it's sad that people feel like they need to ban books because they disagree with the content. I wonder what their kids watch on TV? I highly doubt that it's significantly more moral than the banned books.
What people need to realize is that the teens who read, are the ones being good people and good students. Teens who drink, use drugs, have sex...those people HATE reading. EVERY teen I know that is a good student and good person in general, like to read. Those who I know that are "corrupted" DON'T read at all.
This is a great video and I love your cool, calm and yet seething anger... very well-said and directed x) Also, the Westies snapping at the water made me smile :)
All I can say is, I'm so glad that I'm homeschooled and my parents let me read whatever I want. I can't stand it when adults try so hard to shelter teens. I'm 14 years old, by my age Juliet had eloped her father's worst enemy, lost her virginity to said man, taken drugs from a priest, and died. Even with all of that, can somebody tell me the last time Romeo and Juliet was removed from a school library? No, they teach it in class. Jackson, thank you for being an adult that understands teens.
Good morning JP--I hope I can get this into one text box. To begin with, I agree with you--Wesley Scroggins is a putz. He's also a professor at MSU, which explains how he seems to have acquired the Republic School Board's ear. Initially I cut him some slack because I thought he had kids in the school district. He doesn't--he's a homeschooler (like me . . . sigh). Also--to set the record straight, the kids in the Republic school district can still read these books---
@earthshoes--excuse me. The kids in the RHS district can still read these books for classwork (with their parents' permission), they just won't have access to them in the school library. Slaughterhouse Five was not on the shelves, but it was on the reading list for AP English. It isn't anymore. Yes, this is sad.
How do I know all this? I live in SW Missouri and attend MSU (older returning student).
Fascinatingly, none of this ever reaches our news here in Germany... you know, when I first read the title of your vid, I read "Scrooge" which is kinda telling, I'd say ;) It's not only totally ridiculous, but has anyone thought of the kids whose religion is not Christian? Who do not really care what's written in the Bible? Okay anyways, cute dogs, great vid.
God I hate this dude. He is so stupid. Just my opinion. And HA to him because my school library has Twenty Boy Summer!! 2 copies to be precise. So HAHA to him.......
Even better than taking Dante's Inferno and the Diary of Anne Frank out, if we use the Bible to put books into libraries, that means most erotica should find their way to the shelves. Song of Solomon? That's blushing material there!
I would like to invite this school board to reply to your questions saying something to defend their decisions and to try to render your argument void, so I can laugh at them. Because if they do that, they're missing the point. The point is to make people aware of these things, and if they try to say that it isn't working, I will laugh, because you are making me and some of the other teenagers (and non-teenagers) watching this think, and we are the ones that will be in their positions someday.
I totally agree with you, Jackson. People need to stop thinking that they know what we teens need or don't need. Like you said in another one of your videos, teens aren't 7 year olds! Never have I heard of a teenager basing their choices or morals on what they've read.
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Just because a teenager is reading a book, it doesn't mean they should be able to read ANY book, JUST because they're reading. So if a book is not suitable for a teenager, then I see no problem with 'taking the book from their hands'.
@LaikVictoria49 But who are you to say that book isn't suitable? What I can handle may be more than another teenager, but I don't think that means it should be taken from me. No one should have the right to say what anyone can, or cannot read.
@LaikVictoria49 I agree that if a book is wildly unsuitable for a teenager, it shouldn't be offered in a school library (though I don't think a parent should pull a book from their teens hands regardless). But what's considered "suitable" varies so much teenager to teenager-- who is Scroggins, to say he knows what's best for ALL teenagers? Thousands of teens read, enjoy, and find those titles suitable, yet one man and a "task force" have determined those teens are wrong?
@LaikVictoria49 But how do you decide what's "suitable"? I'm a 21 year old avid reader, and when I was younger, I read a lot of books that many people deemed "unsuitable"... but I was never corrupted by them. If I didn't like what a book was saying, I put it down. Teens are smart enough to realise that just because there is bad behavior IN a book, it doesn't mean they need to copy it. After years of reading "unsuitable material," I don't drink, smoke, have sex, do drugs, or even swear.
@TheatreLvr08@LaikVictoria49 Teens are also smart enough to make their own choices about what they read. Driving, alcohol, drugs, okay, fine, adults need to step in. But BOOKS? Treated with the same caution and regard as a bottle of liquor? It's sad.
@JacksonAPearce That's exactly what I think! Teens, ESPECIALLY teens who are reading, are intelligent enough to make those decisions. It seems like cases made by people like Scroggins are constantly trying to control reading material; they never seem to see a) how great it is that these kids WANT to read and b) that those kids/teens are obviously intelligent enough to decide what they want to read. :)
@LaikVictoria49 Speaking as a former teenager myself, no matter how many books are removed from schools, that will not stop teenagers from experiencing the trials and pitfalls of life. Also, books with themes like overcoming addiction, coping with sexuality and their first heartbreak are very comforting to teenagers. Books contain positive as well as negative messages. Why should schools and adults only focus on the negative?
Speaking as a former teen, I know that adults worry constantly that kids are "getting the wrong message" from books. But books concerning sexuality, addiction, violence and danger have as many positive, "you can get through this" messages as "this is fun and makes you feel good" ones. Many books contain material that is based on real life experience. They are written to caution teenagers, not to seduce and lead readers astray. Why should we focus only on the negative?
Every time you listed off a question, I was just like "OHHHH." And then I was saddened when I remembered that the school board can't hear you. Arrgh. I must ameliorate this problem by spreading the word and posting this video EVERYWHAR.
you know i am a catholic but sometimes i just can't see the holy book as anything but fiction, it has such a disgustingly warped sense of right and wrong. I went to a catholic primary school and i have no clue how they taught the bible and gave me a good sense of right and wrong. They were good teachers though.
timmyman1997 1 month ago
I just wanna say that I don't agree with your last comment Jackson. The Bible is a religious book and removing it would be kinda racist toward Christians. If someone removed the Qu'ran then there would be an uproar. Think about it...
beckybookreviews 3 months ago
@beckybookreviews You've got a point-- sort of. The Bible is a religious book, but did you know there's an entire group of people who consider Star Trek a religious show? Is their religion less "important" just because it isn't popular? Because there was a time when Christianity wasn't popular either. If we're going to say "religious texts" don't count, we have to be prepared to allow ALL religious texts, from the popular right down to the satanic.
JacksonAPearce 3 months ago
@JacksonAPearce I suppose your right there
beckybookreviews 2 months ago
Is it really such a big deal that they removed it from the school library? I mean, yeah, I hate censorship as much as the next person, but school libraries suck. I never went to my school library when I wasn't forced to, and they usually don't have good books anyways. That's what public libraries and book stores are for.
But I just love it when parents try to shelter their teens from drugs, alcohol and sex. This is the 21st century, and we have a little thing called the internet.
CarFox6 3 months ago
your hot!!!
MrCullyS 3 months ago
I am wholly and completely against censorship in all its various forms and degrees. But what annoys the puss right out of me is when people say they're against the sort of thing that school board did and Mr. Scroggins demanded, only to turn around and say that books like Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov should be banned from printing presses and libraries and bookshelves all over the word.
I hate double standards more than censorship.
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In my school we are forced to read (which no one does) a half hour every night and get a parent to sign off we did...every night, Thankfully they abolished in for 8th graders but a lot of kids failed because they refused to,
FiddleBoy95 6 months ago
Just because those things go against the teachings of the Bible does not mean that they don't exist. Why are they concerned about books when teenagers can go on the internet and be bombarded with websites that actually promote these things while most books show the dark sides and consequences of doing drugs or getting pregnant as a teenager? Besides, if a teenager is doing things like drugs or having copious amounts off sex, chances are they aren't reading classic books like Slaughterhouse 5.
CarFox6 6 months ago
Question 5a are you removing every single Judy Blume book from that library too?
EPICdocumentary 6 months ago
Don't they realise that not allowing people (especially teenagers) to do something just makes them want to do it more. I am going to read these books now and I bet a lot of students at the school are going to do the same. It's achieving a positive despite their best efforts to achieve a negative.
towelmuppet 6 months ago
hi Jackson, did you see read/hear about the give-away of free copies of Slaughterhouse Five by the Vonnegut Library to to students from Republic High School in Missouri? Check out vonnegutlibrary[dot]org.
Thnx for your wonderful vlogs, I really enjoy watching them!
All the best from Amsterdam, NL.
maupi 6 months ago
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maupi 6 months ago
It's interesting to me that Speak was considered for their "banned books" list. I'm in high school, and it's actually IN of our curriculum... It's also a highly recommended book by almost the entire school staff. We had problems in middle school with banned books (not so much in high school), so what did we do? We created a large bookclub of about 40 students completely centered on the banned books. It was awesome when some of the teachers who didn't agree with the school's decision helped us :)
BrandiNicole2013 6 months ago
@BrandiNicole2013 I read that book voluntarily when I was eight, and I loved it, especially at the end where she gets her friends to kick his ass. I knew what rape was, and I'd heard about it before my parents actually told me what it was. Speak doesn't go against anything in the Bible, it doesn't even have anything to do with the Bible. If Scroggins is correct, then everything even mentioning anything illegal should be banned. Like the Bible and the Constitution.
CarFox6 6 months ago
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guys like Scroggins seriously make me want to apologize for the behavior of my fellow Christians...
michelle2008g 6 months ago
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you are talking about Missouri LOL
michelle2008g 6 months ago
At the end of the day people should be allowed to read what they choose. When I was 13 my mum and my teacher suggested I read Flowers in the Attic by Virgina Andrews. I decided that the content of the book wasn't what I wanted to read about, however, I would never take it out of someone else's hands. As a teenager if I didn't like the content of a book I would just stop reading it and the ones I did read I didn't become corrupted from.
pandemoniumpizza 6 months ago
Not everybody is Christian. Which means that not everybody follows the bible. Which means that as long as you're non Christian, you technically are allowed to contradict the bible. And besides, if a teenager started to read a book and found out herself/himself that the book isn't suitable for him/her, he/she will probably put it down. People are smart enough to make their own choices about which books to read.
musickitten101 6 months ago
@musickitten101 In Republic High School, Missouri it's a safe bet that everybody is either Christian or just not religious, but you do have a point.
CarFox6 6 months ago
Soon there will be nothing left for our kids to read in school. I read 20 Boy Summer awhile ago, and I found nothing wrong with it.
emmaroseful 6 months ago
I think it should be up to the parents, not the school. I read 20 Boy Summer awhile ago, and I didn't think there was anything wrong with it. It never even crossed my mind that it should be banned. Soon there will be nothing left for our kids to read in school.
emmaroseful 6 months ago
So SO very true. The Bible has a LOT of stuff in it, like David having a ton of wives. And violence (nails through wrist and feet? *shudder*). I think all sorts of books should be taught, but certain ideas shouldn't be promoted. Like underage drinking.
Our education system is turning into Umbridge.
AlicetheShort 7 months ago
I just wanted to let you know...I found this video very compelling and truthful so I decided to post a link to it under that news article you mentioned in the comment section, telling everyone to go and check it out!! I hope that will lead to more adults watching this!!! -beckyluuwho :)
beckyluuwho 7 months ago
At 2:07 hahaha, forget to edit that out?
ethandram 7 months ago
look at my school
alduft 7 months ago
how can speak is part from the bible its a book that all teens need to read before they get to high school because it helped me and my friend to relact to melinda somes school dont understand they more like a perivte school
alduft 7 months ago
@alduft Oooh, but she was trying to have sex with someone before she got married. That means she's a dirty WHORE! REPENT REPENT!! Hgafbafjdkla!
CarFox6 6 months ago
@CarFox6 No she was trying to fit in and got drunk and she was raped then she was in shock then all her friends thought she called the cops because to get everyone in trouble but it was because she was raped and she got silent by all of the ass holes of the friends because they were being asses. to her and calling her a snitch because she called the copes and they did not bother to find out what really happen that night. SO SHE WAS NOT TRYING HAVE SEX READ THE BOOK DO NOT GOOGLE IT.
alduft 6 months ago
@alduft Lol, I was being sarcastic. I have read the book. Did you actually believe that I was one of those stupid Jesus freaks who thinks everything with a touchy subject is pure evil?
CarFox6 6 months ago
@CarFox6 sorry man i had to give a speach about books like this and i had alot of hate comments at the end and it was the same day you repled so it was another poke that didnt think about before i write you know so im sorry i hope you understand :)
alduft 6 months ago
@alduft That's okay. Apology accepted. : )
CarFox6 6 months ago
Forever favorite. And not just because of the adorable dogs, which are adorable.
HandbellOlive 7 months ago
I'm so thankful my parents never told me "NO" to a book or banned it from our house let alone library, if they thought it was "inappropriate" for my age they'd simply say "You may want to wait a year or two before reading this, but it's your choice" and if they or I had questions about the content we'd discuss it. I can't tell you how many of my friends would sneak reading a specific book because they're parents (who wouldn't read the book in question) wouldn't allow it.
GidgetRae91 7 months ago
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GidgetRae91 7 months ago
I'm 14, and let me tell you, it is AWESOME to see an adult who understands and is so willing to defend teenagers. It's so rare for an adult to actually think we can handle more 'mature' topics in books, and I'm so sick of books being taken away from us because some small group of people deemed them unsuitable. You're awesome, Jackson!
MaryJoens 7 months ago
Hah! I can't imagine people from other religions being too happy with Scroggins and the school board.
MiuBlaze 7 months ago
YOUR EARRINGS ARE SO BOUNCY
TheMinuteVlog 7 months ago
You go girl!!
ReadingRhinoPress 7 months ago
OWNED!
madasrabbits06 7 months ago
Oh man you'll love the book of genesis, google it.
iliveonplanetspace 7 months ago
Most of the books I have read through my life have "adult themes" and "sexual content." A lot of these books dealt with serious moral issues. They dealt with lying to my parents or drugs. These books allowed me to see the consequences these characters had to face for wrong choices. The books allowed me to grow. And my mother never ONCE told me I wasn't allowed to read a book. There were times when she said "You might want to wait a few years for this one, but it's your choice." This let me grow
desertislanddream 7 months ago 2
This makes me feel so lucky. At my (public) school, we are not only allowed to read Slaughterhouse Five, but are taught the book our sophomore year. Twenty Boy Summer and Speak are both on recommended reading lists, and the library celebrates banned book week by encouraging us to read oft - banned books. I wish more people had a school library like mine.
silverivy85 7 months ago 2
They should just create a forbidden section in the library and stick those books in there. I'm sure the teens would never touch them then ;)
TheBookVlogger 7 months ago
:) and... :(
willwagtail 7 months ago
When I was in Middle school, Twilight was just becoming popular and they wouldn't let the school get a copy because it had kissing and religious conficts in it. But every girl just went out and bought the bok anyway...so what were they "protecting" us from? Btw, lol on the westies and the water hose!
IntangibleTuesday 7 months ago
I read ALL the time, and I've read all sorts of books with varying degrees of "appropriateness". Reading allows you to become someone else for an amount of time, and it helps me understand people going through situations like that. If you must, put ratings on the books, to warn people of its contents and they can choose for themselves if they would like to pick it up. Books are my only escape from reality, even if it brings me to another one.
doubleAAbattery7 7 months ago
At my school in Canada the students get a say in what we want in our libraries and not alot are banned
Booksbooks95 7 months ago
I was totally into the seriousness of this video...then I freaked out over the dogs.
Attention span: 1
Me: 0
LiamAtRandom 7 months ago
I had a friend who couldnt read Twilight because it was against her religion. I cant believe Twenty Boy Summer was banned. I loved that book, it was a great book, my local library had it. I am sure my school had it as well. I mean we might as well ban everything in this world. You cant pretend the world is just unicorns, and rainbows all the time.
gabbiechang 7 months ago
I have to say that point about all those themes being in the bible was an excellent point. I'm a teenager, I read the Bible AND other books. I'm a total bookworm. I just know enough that even though the characters in the book do things that are wrong, I don't copy them.
Also yes, I paused the video and looked up the scripture you put on screen, lol... not sure I understand why the ones in Deuteronomy and 2 Corinthians are there, but the rest all made excellent points to your argument. :)
AThursdaysChild 7 months ago
I read books where it has sex, smoke, and not just that but there are TV shows which gives a visual picture of these activities. I certainly dont participate in them because I know the consequences. It's all about parenting, and making the right decisions your self. You cant always blame on something else. You need to be responsible for your own actions
gabbiechang 7 months ago
Why can't these people realize that we teens can make our own decisions when it comes to reading. They're always talking about how reading is so darn important so WHY can't they realize that taking these books away from the libraries isn't going to get us to read more. Sure some teens will deliberately (me) read books they censor but many won't read at all. And these people, in my opinion, DO NOT live in our time today...don't they see everything that's on the news? Censor THAT please!
twilightedcullen 7 months ago
Yeah!!!
bakamesuinu 7 months ago
If my school bands a book, I read it as soon as I possibly can because I know that means it's a good book.
ILuvRobPattinson 7 months ago
What kills me is that there are adults out there that do this kind of thing and then say "I don't understand why teenagers are always on the computer and watching TV instead of reading?" Seriously? Perhaps if you stopped treating teenagers like toddlers and let them pick their own reading material they would read more. This irritates me. I'm 25 and have always been a big reader, but if everything I read had to be screened by my parents (or school) I wouldn't have bothered (back then at least).
braceyourselves1 7 months ago
I think this is ridiculous: the school board ruling, not your video. As someone who went to a Christian school I had experience with people freaking out when books didn't line up with their beliefs. Thankfully, I had parents who encouraged my sister and I to read those taboo books. I think it's sad that people feel like they need to ban books because they disagree with the content. I wonder what their kids watch on TV? I highly doubt that it's significantly more moral than the banned books.
csr5392 7 months ago
based on that picture you tweeted of the japanese eggplant, i don't think kids should be allowed access to cookbooks.
SharkeyeJones 7 months ago
What people need to realize is that the teens who read, are the ones being good people and good students. Teens who drink, use drugs, have sex...those people HATE reading. EVERY teen I know that is a good student and good person in general, like to read. Those who I know that are "corrupted" DON'T read at all.
kylec224 7 months ago 3
I completely agree with everything you said in this video =)))))
DreamInGlitter 7 months ago
This is a great video and I love your cool, calm and yet seething anger... very well-said and directed x) Also, the Westies snapping at the water made me smile :)
zanirra 7 months ago
Scrogdamnit!
readsamread 7 months ago
All I can say is, I'm so glad that I'm homeschooled and my parents let me read whatever I want. I can't stand it when adults try so hard to shelter teens. I'm 14 years old, by my age Juliet had eloped her father's worst enemy, lost her virginity to said man, taken drugs from a priest, and died. Even with all of that, can somebody tell me the last time Romeo and Juliet was removed from a school library? No, they teach it in class. Jackson, thank you for being an adult that understands teens.
MalibuChick105 7 months ago 42
@MalibuChick105 EXCELLENT point. Love this.
JacksonAPearce 7 months ago 11
I couldn't agree more!!!
poppycorn146 7 months ago
Jackson Pearce for Atlanta School Board!!!!!!!!!!
yhctower 7 months ago 2
Good morning JP--I hope I can get this into one text box. To begin with, I agree with you--Wesley Scroggins is a putz. He's also a professor at MSU, which explains how he seems to have acquired the Republic School Board's ear. Initially I cut him some slack because I thought he had kids in the school district. He doesn't--he's a homeschooler (like me . . . sigh). Also--to set the record straight, the kids in the Republic school district can still read these books---
earthshoes 7 months ago
@earthshoes--excuse me. The kids in the RHS district can still read these books for classwork (with their parents' permission), they just won't have access to them in the school library. Slaughterhouse Five was not on the shelves, but it was on the reading list for AP English. It isn't anymore. Yes, this is sad.
How do I know all this? I live in SW Missouri and attend MSU (older returning student).
earthshoes 7 months ago
@earthshoes posts are appearing out of order. Please see the first in order to follow the second. :)
earthshoes 7 months ago
Well said Jackson! Well said!
rscjsc02 7 months ago
I agree with you. Also, your earrings look interesting.
The dogs at the end were very cute. I couldn't help but notice that one of the westies was more energetic than the other.
thecindylorraine 7 months ago
Thank you Jackson Pearce!
fitchbabey 7 months ago
Will you please marry me?
TheReadingBuzz 7 months ago
If I went to that school, I would buy the books, then sit and read them wherever I knew the school officials would be walking by.
I love the puppies!
11Kendall11 7 months ago
Fascinatingly, none of this ever reaches our news here in Germany... you know, when I first read the title of your vid, I read "Scrooge" which is kinda telling, I'd say ;) It's not only totally ridiculous, but has anyone thought of the kids whose religion is not Christian? Who do not really care what's written in the Bible? Okay anyways, cute dogs, great vid.
zieschlern 7 months ago
Awww the dogs are so cute. My aunt used to have one who looked just like the white ones but he recently passed away :(
Sharonxxx56 7 months ago
excellent!!! <3
rwjvialator 7 months ago
You should send this video to that school board.
Dogs YAY
ItsGemmaG13 7 months ago 2
God I hate this dude. He is so stupid. Just my opinion. And HA to him because my school library has Twenty Boy Summer!! 2 copies to be precise. So HAHA to him.......
CameraGirl4AGdolls 7 months ago
Even better than taking Dante's Inferno and the Diary of Anne Frank out, if we use the Bible to put books into libraries, that means most erotica should find their way to the shelves. Song of Solomon? That's blushing material there!
Argoran 7 months ago
I applaud you, Jackson Pearce.
almostlaurel 7 months ago 50
I would like to invite this school board to reply to your questions saying something to defend their decisions and to try to render your argument void, so I can laugh at them. Because if they do that, they're missing the point. The point is to make people aware of these things, and if they try to say that it isn't working, I will laugh, because you are making me and some of the other teenagers (and non-teenagers) watching this think, and we are the ones that will be in their positions someday.
claire8sterling 7 months ago
are u catholic
jpaullowe 7 months ago
I was going to post a comment but then it told me it was too long and deleting the dang thing. So I will just say THANK YOU, JACKSON PEARCE.
sgirly18 7 months ago 6
I totally agree with you, Jackson. People need to stop thinking that they know what we teens need or don't need. Like you said in another one of your videos, teens aren't 7 year olds! Never have I heard of a teenager basing their choices or morals on what they've read.
backstreetfan98 7 months ago
Amazing upload, Jackson! Thanks!
09rtrump 7 months ago
Sigh... Scroggins... embarrassed to be from the same state as him :P
penciltwirler 7 months ago
LOVE THOSE PUPS. Also, book banning sucks. (I feel like my first sentence sort of undermines my second...)
UnnaturallyChirpy 7 months ago
LOVE THOSE PUPS. Also, book banning sucks. (I feel like my first sentence sort of undermines my second...)
UnnaturallyChirpy 7 months ago
these stories make me want to buy a bunch of copies of said banned book, go that school, and hand them out to anyone who wants to read them.
nothsa123456 7 months ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
Just because a teenager is reading a book, it doesn't mean they should be able to read ANY book, JUST because they're reading. So if a book is not suitable for a teenager, then I see no problem with 'taking the book from their hands'.
And yes, I'm a teenager.
LaikVictoria49 7 months ago
@LaikVictoria49 But who are you to say that book isn't suitable? What I can handle may be more than another teenager, but I don't think that means it should be taken from me. No one should have the right to say what anyone can, or cannot read.
VlogsByAllison 7 months ago
@LaikVictoria49 I agree that if a book is wildly unsuitable for a teenager, it shouldn't be offered in a school library (though I don't think a parent should pull a book from their teens hands regardless). But what's considered "suitable" varies so much teenager to teenager-- who is Scroggins, to say he knows what's best for ALL teenagers? Thousands of teens read, enjoy, and find those titles suitable, yet one man and a "task force" have determined those teens are wrong?
JacksonAPearce 7 months ago 22
@LaikVictoria49 But how do you decide what's "suitable"? I'm a 21 year old avid reader, and when I was younger, I read a lot of books that many people deemed "unsuitable"... but I was never corrupted by them. If I didn't like what a book was saying, I put it down. Teens are smart enough to realise that just because there is bad behavior IN a book, it doesn't mean they need to copy it. After years of reading "unsuitable material," I don't drink, smoke, have sex, do drugs, or even swear.
TheatreLvr08 7 months ago 14
@TheatreLvr08 @LaikVictoria49 Teens are also smart enough to make their own choices about what they read. Driving, alcohol, drugs, okay, fine, adults need to step in. But BOOKS? Treated with the same caution and regard as a bottle of liquor? It's sad.
JacksonAPearce 7 months ago 18
@JacksonAPearce That's exactly what I think! Teens, ESPECIALLY teens who are reading, are intelligent enough to make those decisions. It seems like cases made by people like Scroggins are constantly trying to control reading material; they never seem to see a) how great it is that these kids WANT to read and b) that those kids/teens are obviously intelligent enough to decide what they want to read. :)
TheatreLvr08 7 months ago
@LaikVictoria49 Speaking as a former teenager myself, no matter how many books are removed from schools, that will not stop teenagers from experiencing the trials and pitfalls of life. Also, books with themes like overcoming addiction, coping with sexuality and their first heartbreak are very comforting to teenagers. Books contain positive as well as negative messages. Why should schools and adults only focus on the negative?
SenseOrSensibility 7 months ago
Speaking as a former teen, I know that adults worry constantly that kids are "getting the wrong message" from books. But books concerning sexuality, addiction, violence and danger have as many positive, "you can get through this" messages as "this is fun and makes you feel good" ones. Many books contain material that is based on real life experience. They are written to caution teenagers, not to seduce and lead readers astray. Why should we focus only on the negative?
SenseOrSensibility 7 months ago
Every time you listed off a question, I was just like "OHHHH." And then I was saddened when I remembered that the school board can't hear you. Arrgh. I must ameliorate this problem by spreading the word and posting this video EVERYWHAR.
xSandyPantsu 7 months ago
I love that ending with the westie and the water hose... good times good times LOL :-)
BookYAReview 7 months ago
PREACH!
fantasticmrmatthew 7 months ago
i honestly had to refresh this page like a million times to get it in 720p. i love Hd. its my friend.
Taylerbearr 7 months ago
2nd commo!
poppyberryrox 7 months ago
Well hello 240p
fantasticmrmatthew 7 months ago