The First Amendment of the United States Constitution states that "Congress shall make no law... abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press." But what rights do minors have when they walk into a school? Do these rights disappear completely, or do they still exist in full? Is the answer somewhere in between? This debate has many, many facets. But one significant piece involves censorship of literature in America's public schools. The list of …showed first 75 words of 560 total…

…showed last 75 words of 560 total…far. The main argument that proponents of the censorship of such books have is ludicrous. They tell their opponents that letting high schoolers read the material in question would dirty their mind at a time when they are trying to develop their own morals. But the action of not letting high schoolers read such material is itself detrimental to their moral development. To be against something, it is first necessary to have knowledge of it.