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Censorship is seen throughout the world, including the United States where the first amendment protects educators’ judgment of their professional standards. Moral and religious censorship in schools confines the flow of ideas that make a classroom a place to truly learn. Knowledge is needed by young citizens to become contributing members of society. Students in America differ in cultural traditions and religion, making it hard for educators to balance educational needs and respect of individual rights. Supreme Courts have ruled that free speech can sometimes be subordinated during education. Within the educational setting, speech isn’t as free.
To censor is “to examine in order to suppress or delete anything considered objectionable�, according to Webster’s Dictionary. Censorship is used mostly in school for any controversial subjects. Outspoken parents are a main cause in school censorship. Matters having anything to do with religion, science, history, literature, art,......

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