Book bans rob children Re: “If education is a priority ...” by Kenneth Jones, Thursday Letters. Thanks, Kenneth Jones, for your letter emphasizing the bleak future offered teachers. I taught high school English for 16 years and loved it. Sadly, today many books I required my gifted and honors students to read are on the list some parents are demanding to be banned from the library. I’m reminded of a novel on the effects of pornography and related arguments about freedom of speech: The Seven Minutes, by Irving Wallace. In a courtroom scene, a parent is on the stand and...