Our society has tried to protect the young minds of children over the years by banning certain books from school systems. This occurs because many people object to books that contain strong materials such as racism, sexual content, explicit language, religious affiliations, etc. People who test books believe that some books containing strong materials are not suitable for reading by young students. Some people believe that banning books containing explicit materials prevents students from learning valuable life lessons. I believe we should keep these banned books in school systems and allow students to start reading them once they reach a certain level of maturity. First, there are several reasons why it would be good to keep certain books in school systems. . Many books tested are classics that contain valuable life lessons that deserve to remain in schools forever (Shupe). People are trying to take them away just because they are offended by some of the material in these books, but our world is a cruel place and students need to know the truth. Another reason why there is no need to ban books is because it goes against the Constitution of the United States of America. The First Amendment protects “students' right to knowledge and teachers' right to academic freedom.” Censors appear to have no respect for the rights of students and teachers. They all just set a bad example by challenging First Amendment rights (Shupe). Pat Scales, a librarian from South Carolina, quoted: “Censors want to control the minds of young people. Students who read learn to think. Thinkers learn to see. Those we see often question themselves. And young people who question themselves often threaten the 'blind' and... the middle of paper......, but teenagers are exposed to these situations every day. Therefore, they should be allowed to read the books that have been banned so that they can learn many new things. Banned books really deserve to be within school systems. They are classics that should never have been taken away from schools. Students should have the privilege and right to be able to read them once they reach a certain level of maturity around the middle school years. It is absolutely wrong to hold students back and not let them learn the valuable life lessons found in the pages of every banned book. Works Cited Salinger, J.D. The Catcher in the Rye. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 1991. 1-214. Print.Shupe, Jaclyn. “Censoring the English Curriculum.” http://www.cedu.niu.edu/%7Eshumow/itt/CensoringEnglishCurriculum.pdf. Ed. Stephanie Kummerer. Np, nd Web. November 11. 2013.