Lanes World

     This is such a tough discussion because it requires us to try and picture the perfect society. What to we keep and what do we get rid of to reach this utopia of ideas and learning.    “When you teach works like Woody Allen’s you’re normalizing and romanticizing the culture of abuse he was part of,” I can see this being true only in the scenario that after viewing Woodys work you think mimicking his decisions will be what improves for work to his  standard. I think media gives us too much information on peoples lives, and I think if great world leaders acted more like the wizard of oz and kept everything behind a veil we'd see kids that felt more inspired to live out their own stories instead of comparing significant events in their lives they'd compare the work they are creating. Now I don't think acts of violence and the sort should go completely unnoticed but I do think its important that we...

      Both argument prose a good viewpoint that looks to aid children and young adult readers in their mental health, at the end of the day I feel this is an argument on mental health more so than anything else. My biggest issue with Meghan Cox's argument is that i'm not entirely sure what she wants. I think an ok  metaphor for what happened here is a woman went to a grocery store and saw nothing but unhealthy food. Its a little bit ridiculous if you ask me i'm sure the carrots where just around the corner but next to the cupcakes those carrots don't look so good do they. Coming back to my initial question, what exactly does Meghan Cox want out of here argument because I must've missed it. Does she want these books to be thrown out, banned, not marketed towards kids, censored? She raises a good question ill give her that much. The question of how do books effect our mental health and how to the effect us in our development is a great question...