Banning Tolkien, some questions

[Orominuialwen]

One problem with public schools, however, is that they often object to things that do not agree with a secular humanist world view. I've gone to public schools my whole life, and have experienced this first hand. I live in a very liberal city, where we were banned from reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in school for a time. because it contained the words "Under God." The words of the national anthem were banned as well, because they were too "militaristic." Fortunately, both these rules were taken away, but that sort of mindset still remains. It can be very difficult if your parents do not want you reading/watching some things required in school. I had to talk to my teacher and explain that my parents didn't want me watching R-rated movies, and this teacher was very suprised. My parents had been quite upset that he had us watch an R-rated movie in class without telling the students, much less parents.

The point of this post is to say that although mostly restrictions imposed by very conservative schools have been discussed in this thread, just as many restrictions come from the other side as well. Just my two cents.