A book is a door to a new world. When someone writes, they choose their words carefully so that the story flows, makes sense, and fits what they are writing about. Everything from the setting to the way a certain character speaks is thought out and brought to life by a few simple scratches on a page. Some people want to suppress the writings of geniuses simply because of an image, an idea, or a phrase, on the grounds that they are morally wrong by the standards applied by a censor. It's been like this for ages. As long as someone has something to say, someone else will be there to try to stop them. Schools have been doing this for some time now and it needs to be stopped. Censorship of books in schools should not be allowed, as many students will never have the opportunity to experience classic literature if they are not exposed to it early on. “Intellectual freedom is the right of every individual to seek and receive information from all points of view without restriction. It provides for open access to all expressions of ideas through which all aspects of an issue, cause or movement can be explored. Intellectual freedom encompasses the freedom to hold, receive and disseminate ideas,” said during the question and answer on intellectual freedom and censorship. (American Library Association). If this is the case, we are limiting the amount of knowledge children could potentially gain from reading a novel deemed "explicit" by censors. This is done daily and sometimes in the most obvious way possible. it's barely visible, even to the person doing it, because they are carefully selecting a book and not the one right next to it to read in their class. Simple choices are made, but it also constitutes censorship even though that word is......... middle of paper ......in, Jen. “Frontiers of contemporary literature: the role of censorship and choice”. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy 57.1 (2013): 7-11. Print. Duthie, Fiona. “Libraries and the Ethics of Censorship.” Australian Library Journal 59.3 (2010): 86-94. Print.Foerstel, Herbert N. Banned in the United States: A Reference Guide to Book Censorship in Schools and Public Libraries. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1994. Print. Maxwell, Marilyn and Marlene Berman. “To Ban or Not to Ban: Confronting the Question of Censorship in the English Classroom.” » Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy 41.2 (1997): 92. Print. National Coalition Against Censorship. “Censorship in the Schools: Learn, Speak, and Think Freely: The First Amendment in the Schools.” Censorship in Schools: Learn, Speak, and Think Freely: The First Amendment in Schools. WebJunction, March 21, 2012. Web. February 10. 2014.