[ISLMA-Share] Lemont removing books?

Fri Dec 2 13:22:47 CST 2016

*“We can’t have 18-year-olds reading about masturbation or sexual issues,
regardless of the literature. I don’t care if it’s from Dickens or who
else,” he said, in summary.*

Because 18-year-olds are not watching, talking about, or having sex and/or
masturbating, right?

Anna Kim
School Librarian
Chappell Elementary School
akim6 at cps.edu

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On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 1:07 PM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> 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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>>>> *Amanda Kuzminski*
>>>> *Library Media Specialist*
>>>> Orland Junior High School
>>>> 14855 West Avenue
>>>> Orland Park, IL 60462
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