2. Let's assume that parents object to parts of the social studies textbook. Would you agree that the parents could request that their child not be required to read the parts they find objectionable?
No I do not agree with that because some of the information could be very important to know and if the parents wanted to have their child skip it they would learn about it some day or another. What if one family was African American and they didn't want their children to know about slavery and how their raise was treated? That is very useful information. Although I don't enjoy the thought of slavery but I do think it is information that needs to be taught. We did overcome and now it's history. If all of the parents critiqued each part of a textbook most every detail would have to be removed. Plus one parent might think mentioning violence and another parent could not improve of reading about religions other than their own. Many kids would miss out on key information.
I believe the parents should not be allowed to say that their child has permission to be excused from reading about whatever reason they say. But what about the kids whose parents don't care what they learn? As we all know there are plenty of families whose parents are to taken over by work or just don't pay much attention to their child. I have never experienced this but kids do all around the world. I also don't think it's fair that student who had to read the content while other students get to skip over it. Yes I am familiar with the overused but true comeback, "life isn't fair" but I think this scenario has an exception. Life can be fair. I strongly believe parents should not have the authority to let their child skip over some of the text in a social studies book.
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