... I"m in college I want to learn and do the best that I can for my money. I've learned many different reading techniques to help me understand literature better. Also, my first semester at Missouri Western has made me write many types of essays, which led me to become a better writer. The reader ... comprehended a book since junior high. Throughout my high school career I didn't pay attention when my class read aloud out of the textbook, or read required literature for book reports. The only thing I read regularly was the newspaper. In the past two years, the only time I wrote was when my ...

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... escapes for children and the authors of them, despite what many people think, are not out to corrupt children. Some people take a different view on this issue and believe that many books, from classic novels like the "Catcher in the Rye" to the recent award-winning "Harry Potter", have ... To say to young people, even to older people, that you can't read these materials (is) a travesty because they're missing out on some of the finest literature written in the U.S" (Foxnews.com). Many believe that children should definitely not be exposed to offensive language in books, because if these...

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