Chapter 16

Tunnel/Jacobs: Children's Literature Briefly

Because I believe in promoting personal choice and intellectual freedom, I truly enjoyed this chapter. I agree that controversial books need to be used in the classroom because children need to attain an open mind about the world and the variety of different people in it. As teachers, we are the first to touch a child's life and scaffold them into being the adults they will someday become. Therefore, for the health and safety of our future, we need to have a positive and open-minded outlook on life.