Ask yourself; Do you consider yourself a bookworm? If so, what are your favorite books to read? Now imagine those books being banned from the education system. Actually there is no need to imagine, because as you are reading this article, more and more books are being banned for students. These books include not only books we enjoy reading, but also classic American stories. On the list we have The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck and even The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Banning these books is in my opinion one of the worst things this government has done. The school board is constantly trying to promote literacy, but is it really doing so by taking away the privilege of reading these books? All they're really trying to do is protect young children from important topics like rape, murder, and homosexuality, but they need to understand that banning books won't protect them from anything. Furthermore, our founding fathers created 10 Amendments to protect citizens and by law they must heed those rights. However, the government appears to have ignored the First Amendment included in the Bill of Rights. On top of all this, the government does not help children to keep an open mind and take away their culture. The government constantly talks about how literacy is important and how we need to keep reading, but by banning our books they don't do that. a job very well done to encourage him. Thurgood Marshall Elementary School in the Chula Vista school district is always trying to get students to read more and more. They have a system where they assign students a certain level and they are able to read any book within that level. Then I'm already... half a sheet... I think it's a book about the color grey. This would help the government better encourage literacy and fully protect children as they would have wanted in the first place. To avoid violating the First Amendment it would be enough to simply not ban any religious books. Besides, what's the point of banning books for everyone? Nothing really, so the school board needs to learn how to approve taboos. Works Cited Gathambiri, Anthony. “The Dying Culture of Reading.” Sanibonani: the dying culture of reading. Np, Jan. 13, 2011. Web. May 22, 2014. Madison, James. "The Bill of Rights." The Constitution. Founding Fathers, September 28, 1789. Web. May 19, 2014. Rosen, Michael. “The government should do more to encourage reading for pleasure.” Tomiak, Julia. “Why banning books is a bad idea.” Diary of a word nerd. Np, 27 September 2013. Web. 19 May 2014.