Censor literature

The discussion we had in class today about censoring literature was an important topic. I had the same conversation in my humanties class last week. I feel that we should be able to read whatever we want to read and teachers should be able to teach what they want and how they want. A book about rape is not considered porn, I believe that people are getting the sense that this might promote sex and violence because some say school influences bad behavior. Not all parents are going to talk to thier kids about rape and how to deal with it. The school i attended didnt even have a health class to educate us on topics related to this. The choice of literature should be left up to teachers and parents and the government shouldnt have a say in what not to teach.