[ISLMA-Share] Lemont removing books?

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I wish that I could "like" your comment Anna since I was just thinking that
same thing as I was reading the article. I would bet some of my junior high
students are watching, talking, having sex and/or masturbating too 😀

Amy Haring
Librarian
Logan Junior High
aharing at pes115.org
*Middle school students don't care what you know until they know that you
care *
*- Carmel Perkins*


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On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 1:22 PM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> *“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
>
> "Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men."
>
>
>                      -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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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
>>>>> 708-364-4214 <(708)%20364-4214>
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