Control of books
Sir, —Without wishing to condone extremes of censorship, I am sure most parents would agree some censorship is necessary in schools. In the feature article, “Florida bans books used in Canterbury schools” (February 18), the views expressed were predominantly those of English teachers who apparently have a humanistic approach to
how children should be taught. “The Press” should give equal coverage to the views of English teachers who have a traditional Christian view of how children should be taught. Your feature writer made it appear that only unbalanced extremists would wish to express firm opposition to their children being made to read questionable literature interpreted by a secular humanist teacher, who may be unable to distinguish moral right from wrong. It would be good to have equal coverage of the views of English teachers from traditionally Christian schools in Christchurch, to help parents further consider the best approach to such issues. — Yours, etc.,
JOHN CANHAM. February 19, 1987.
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