Ban manga in public schools?

*dragonrider2004* · Mar 14, 2005, 05:17 AM

uh oh...

http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/ne...14comics.shtml

this is not good.....

censors want to get their hands on manga....

i vote NO!!!!!

*Delerium* · Mar 14, 2005, 08:34 AM

Not really sure I see the big deal in having mangas in school. Are they killing people with them or something? First Huck Finn, now this, bah to the board of education you bunch of crazies. (Glad I'm in college haha)

*Arrianna* · Mar 14, 2005, 08:59 AM

Honestly, I don't think they belong.

Schools are supposed to be a place of learning. Only these days they're more concerned with being popular and socially "molding" the children. Just for once I would like to see a public School base a decision on acadamia and learning. As someone who reads manga I love it, but I see no academic application of it.

*Sinistra* · Mar 14, 2005, 09:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Arrianna

Honestly, I don't think they belong.

Schools are supposed to be a place of learning. Only these days they're more concerned with being popular and socially "molding" the children. Just for once I would like to see a public School base a decision on acadamia and learning. As someone who reads manga I love it, but I see no academic application of it.

I so agree I mean There is nothign "wrong" with it maybe between classes or what not but in class is wrong.

*narrator* · Mar 14, 2005, 09:41 AM

yeah its really got no place in the learning system....however i think manga would be great as an afterschool activity of some sort....perhaps drawing class or something like that would be fine....

*Zui Quan* · Mar 14, 2005, 10:15 AM

Ah yes, Deering High School. I think I took the SAT's there once...

Anyway, you all will have to take that news story with a grain of salt. Southern Maine is a news-poor land. The Press Herald has the incredible ability to take a non-story and blow it out of proportion because there is just nothing else to talk about.

Also you need to realize that Maine (along with Vermont) is where East Coast extremists went to live after they realized they couldn't make a living being extremists. This poor, misguided soul represents the minority. The good folks of Greater Portland are much more open-minded than her. Of course she does go to Deering, which is probably half the problem right there...

*Kasai* · Mar 14, 2005, 11:53 AM

Even if they ban it....Students are still gonna bring it.

*Vaines* · Mar 14, 2005, 11:59 AM

I hate it when these people say that mangas are less important than "normal books" "with pages of text" and are just there to prepare people for the "next level" which are supposedly those "normal" books. It doesn't consider mangas as another artform, just as something minor to be put aside or just used for "reluctant readers"...

And I can tell you, from being a so big "normal" reader as manga reader, that some mangas have more morals, ask more questions and are cleverer than some books out there that are classified as the best of the "normal books"...

Wanderer4Ever · Mar 14, 2005, 12:30 PM

"The cover of another book, "Peach Girl," depicts a girl with her pants unzipped wearing a shirt that barely covers her breasts, she says. It was promoted on a school bulletin board."

Well it's their own fault for picking titles like that! I mean, if they were going to put Manga in their library, they should have at least researched what titles would be school appropriate. Not ALL Manga has scantly clad women. Some even feature scantly clad men, but you don't hear anyone complain about that now do you?

*Arrianna* · Mar 14, 2005, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Kasai

Even if they ban it....Students are still gonna bring it.

They're not actually talking of banning it, just whether it actually belongs in a School library, Anything brought into a class that doesn't have to do with the subject is usually confiscated anyway no-matter where it came from. Or at least it should be. These days.....who knows.

Ultimatly the choice is up to the school board and school librarian.

KenX · Mar 14, 2005, 12:55 PM

The banning of Manga in schools is a perfectly good idea. Those damn "otakus" should learn to read what is appropriate in school.

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Arrianna Lady Barronmore Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 3,012 Thanks: 8 Thanked 34 Times in 31 Posts Credits: 37,819	Honestly, I don't think they belong. Schools are supposed to be a place of learning. Only these days they're more concerned with being popular and socially "molding" the children. Just for once I would like to see a public School base a decision on acadamia and learning. As someone who reads manga I love it, but I see no academic application of it. __________________ l Stone Hold l Now We're Cooking! l
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Zui Quan M A S T E R Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: A Vastly Superior Place Posts: 1,727 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Credits: 261	Ah yes, Deering High School. I think I took the SAT's there once... Anyway, you all will have to take that news story with a grain of salt. Southern Maine is a news-poor land. The Press Herald has the incredible ability to take a non-story and blow it out of proportion because there is just nothing else to talk about. Also you need to realize that Maine (along with Vermont) is where East Coast extremists went to live after they realized they couldn't make a living being extremists. This poor, misguided soul represents the minority. The good folks of Greater Portland are much more open-minded than her. Of course she does go to Deering, which is probably half the problem right there... __________________ Clan? What Clan? I'm the Master. I need no Clan.
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Vaines Imagination's fool Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Brussels, Belgium Posts: 295 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Credits: 220	I hate it when these people say that mangas are less important than "normal books" "with pages of text" and are just there to prepare people for the "next level" which are supposedly those "normal" books. It doesn't consider mangas as another artform, just as something minor to be put aside or just used for "reluctant readers"... And I can tell you, from being a so big "normal" reader as manga reader, that some mangas have more morals, ask more questions and are cleverer than some books out there that are classified as the best of the "normal books"... __________________ The International Anime Database
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Wanderer4Ever Newbie Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Credits: 10	"The cover of another book, "Peach Girl," depicts a girl with her pants unzipped wearing a shirt that barely covers her breasts, she says. It was promoted on a school bulletin board." Well it's their own fault for picking titles like that! I mean, if they were going to put Manga in their library, they should have at least researched what titles would be school appropriate. Not ALL Manga has scantly clad women. Some even feature scantly clad men, but you don't hear anyone complain about that now do you?
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