Metaphors that Kill

About a week and a half ago, we read a little article about Desert Storm that was called Metaphor and War. The article was basically a huge metaphor and how war can kill. It really was a great article. It had great examples on all levels. One of the greatest references it had was that Kuwait was described as "rape." That is pretty good.

We later did a reflection and were asked to come up with one example of a metaphor that represents our life. I chose a roller coaster as my metaphor. I chose this because I have lots of ups and downs with loops and corkscrews. I also said it was a never-ending roller coaster. I think a lot of people would choose this as a metaphor too. Anyone can relate to that.

Censorship

Recently in class we have been talking about censorship. We also read the story Palm Sunday. It was a very interesting story. I totally agree that it's not fair to ban books from schools and burn them. I think that if you don't let students read those "obsurd" book, they won't have certain knowledge or experiences needed that are out there in the real world.

There was another point that was brought out. If the school committee were to hook up lie-decetors on the students and ask them if they have ever read a book from front to back since high school, the students would not pass them. They made a very good point from this. In most cases, it is true. Most students don't read books front to back. It's just a fact.

Overall, I don't think schools should ban books. It really takes away from learning if you think about it.