[ISLMA-Share] Lemont removing books?

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As a graduate of this school, I am stunned. I'm grateful this was not the
practice when I was a student.

On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 10:48 AM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
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> I agree completely with Brian Andrusyk. That is always one of my first
> thoughts too, both as a parent and a teacher librarian. And why is it
> always sexuality that is stripped down to minutia and itemized as
> prohibited but not violence in general? Books with high levels of violent
> content are rarely questioned or complained about as long as it isn’t
> sexual violence. This drives me mental. If you are going to flag one type
> of content then you must flag all types. Punching, hitting, beating,
> killing, war, genocide; these are all serious things too and children will
> need guidance, explanations and help understanding it.
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> Final thought is, how can someone ever, *ever* label a rape scene,
> especially of a child, as “porn”? Pornography is meant to entertain and
> titillate. A rape scene in Maya Angelou’s book, or Laurie Halse Anderson’s
> books, or the many, many other brave authors who have tried to shed light
> on date rape and rape culture is meant to do just that; shed light and
> expose a terrible wrong. Maya Angelou is telling her actual experience
> meant to educate and shed light on wrongs done to her. The only way to
> correct a wrong is to see the wrong in the first place.
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> This stuff just makes my blood boil.
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> *Kristen Rademacher*
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> Librarian
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> Eco Club Director
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> 1 Book 1 Marist Director
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> *Marist High School <http://www.marist.net/academics/arclibrary/>*
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> 773.881.5356
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> @1Book1Marist
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> rademacher.kristen at marist.net
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> *From:* islma-bounces at list.railslibraries.info [mailto:islma-bounces at list.
> railslibraries.info] *On Behalf Of *Email list for the Illinois School
> Library Media Association
> *Sent:* Friday, December 02, 2016 10:32 AM
> *To:* islma at list.railslibraries.info
> *Subject:* Re: [ISLMA-Share] Lemont removing books?
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> Whenever I read articles such as this one, I always wonder one thing.  Why
> do people make a fuss over what their children are reading and not make a
> fuss over what they are watching on television, at the movies, or viewing
> on the Internet?
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> Brian Andrusyk
> School Librarian/Sub Coordinator
> IC Catholic Prep
> www.andrusykslibrary.weebly.com
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> Currently Reading:
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> *The Eyre Affair* by Jasper Fforde
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> *From:* islma-bounces at list.railslibraries.info [mailto:islma-bounces at list.
> railslibraries.info <islma-bounces at list.railslibraries.info>] *On Behalf
> Of *Email list for the Illinois School Library Media Association
> *Sent:* Friday, December 2, 2016 10:13 AM
> *To:* islma at list.railslibraries.info
> *Subject:* [ISLMA-Share] Lemont removing books?
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> http://chronicleillinois.com/news/cook-county-news/lemont-
> h-s-class-reading-list-questioned-parents/
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> FYI. I like staying up on the happenings around the state.
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>
> Gail Meyer, Librarian
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> TF South High School
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> gmeyer at tfd215.org
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Barbra Miller
Learning Resource Center Facilitator
Troy Community Consolidated School District 30C

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