The Trials of Teaching

Letter from Robert Cormier to Kathy, Joyce, et al 10 October 1984

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Cormier’s letter is to a group of teachers who were facing a censorship battle. He mentioned specifically how, in his visits to schools, his understanding and appreciation of what the daily demands of teaching required was an eye-opener for him. As is consistent with some of his other correspondence concerning censorship, he alludes to how censoring gate-keepers tend to criticize without deep consideration of the whole text and implications for removal of a book. 

RELATED LINK:

"The Effects of Censorship on Experienced High School English Teachers by Jane Agee" Originally published in English Journal, November 1999.
http://www.albany.edu/cela/publication/article/censor.htm