[ISLMA-Share] Lemont removing books?

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Thank you, Miss Joan.



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On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 12:49 PM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Apologies...let's try this again...
> Response from my high school English teacher is to remind parents what Pat
> Conroy had to say....
>
> http://www.patconroy.com/articles_cg-10-07.php
>
> Joan Sutherland
> Arthur School District
> teacher/librarian
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 12:09 PM, Email list for the Illinois School
> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
>> Response from my high school English teacher is to remind parents what
>> Pat Conroy had to say....
>>
>> http://chronicleillinois.com/news/cook-county-news/lemont-h-
>> s-class-reading-list-questioned-parents/
>>
>> Joan Sutherland
>> Arthur School District
>> teacher-librarian
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 12:00 PM, Email list for the Illinois School
>> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm a junior high media specialist, but my son attends Lemont High.
>>> Coincidences are can be strange and worrisome.  I was just reading the
>>> article about 15 minutes ago when I received one of those automated
>>> emergency phone calls from Lemont High School admin.  The school has just
>>> been evacuated... all students have been sent home at the request of the
>>> Lemont police authorities because of a threatening email received at the
>>> school.  No other details have been released yet.  Let's just hope these
>>> two events are unrelated.
>>>
>>> On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 11:17 AM, Email list for the Illinois School
>>> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I think that it is important to recognize that in this instance, proper
>>>> procedures for adding content to the curriculum was not followed and thus,
>>>> this book was ripe for a challenge. Had the book been veted through the
>>>> procedures in place, the supporters would have had a stronger case for
>>>> keeping the book. A strong challenge policy that requires persons--both
>>>> challengers and reviewers--to have read the entire work also helps keep
>>>> material in the curriculum and on the shelves.
>>>>
>>>> There will always be people who do not like material for one reason or
>>>> another--religious viewpoint, sex, violence, language, etc.--and people who
>>>> underestimate students and overestimate the impact of a single reading
>>>> experience. I am a conservative (small c) parent, but I am not threathened
>>>> by literature (translate as enlightened). I recognize that I am different
>>>> and that others have different opinions about what is best for their
>>>> children. As a parent, I appreciate when there are reading choices as
>>>> opposed to assigned reading; as an educator, I realize that this can be
>>>> problematic. It is unfortunate, that in this case, it escalated to this
>>>> level. School boards who are elected officials often side with the
>>>> electorate.
>>>>
>>>> Gretchen Zaitzeff
>>>> Librarian
>>>> University High School
>>>> Normal, IL
>>>> ------------------------------
>>>> *From:* islma-bounces at list.railslibraries.info [
>>>> islma-bounces at list.railslibraries.info] on behalf of Email list for
>>>> the Illinois School Library Media Association [
>>>> islma at list.railslibraries.info]
>>>> *Sent:* Friday, December 02, 2016 10:48 AM
>>>>
>>>> *To:* islma at list.railslibraries.info
>>>> *Subject:* Re: [ISLMA-Share] Lemont removing books?
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> This stuff just makes my blood boil.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *Kristen Rademacher*
>>>>
>>>> Librarian
>>>>
>>>> Eco Club Director
>>>>
>>>> 1 Book 1 Marist Director
>>>>
>>>> *Marist High School <http://www.marist.net/academics/arclibrary/>*
>>>>
>>>> 773.881.5356
>>>>
>>>> @1Book1Marist
>>>>
>>>> rademacher.kristen at marist.net
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *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?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Brian Andrusyk
>>>> School Librarian/Sub Coordinator
>>>> IC Catholic Prep
>>>> www.andrusykslibrary.weebly.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Currently Reading:
>>>>
>>>> *The Eyre Affair* by Jasper Fforde
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *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?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://chronicleillinois.com/news/cook-county-news/lemont-h-
>>>> s-class-reading-list-questioned-parents/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> FYI. I like staying up on the happenings around the state.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Gail Meyer, Librarian
>>>>
>>>> TF South High School
>>>>
>>>> gmeyer at tfd215.org
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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