Florida classroom bookshelves left empty as education reform law goes into effect
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a) Horrendous story.
b) You're preaching to the choir. You attempt the impossible. YOU cannot shame the shameless.
Don't get mad darlin'.
Get even.
No body knows books any better than
Frank Printer, the school librarian.
He'd loan books to the students
acting on their own prudence,
and enlightenment flourished because of him.
author: s #182, inspired by www.unshelved.com #181
alarming note:
The Trump administration is actively trying to control knowledge, information.
They've already gone on a binge to remove from government documents words they disapprove.
Is Governor DeSantis' [R-FL] objective all that different from the Nazi book-burners?
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The only personal anecdote I can add. For background I'm old enough to remember starting the school day with a prayer and daily bible readings in class - and in Grade 7 we had a minister come to class every week (don't know the denomination but probably Anglican).
In any case, one day (Grade 6 IIRC) the teacher was going around the class asking everyone what they were reading at home. Think that was her way of trying to encourage us to read on our own. In any case, when she got to me and I said that I was reading a book on evolution I was told (in so many words) to "Shut up and sit down because she didn't believe that stuff". If she had asked I'd have told her I picked it up by mistake because I thought it was a book about cavemen - but it did accomplish one thing - it made me want to read more - more about this subject that apparently upset her so much.
In any case, one day (Grade 6 IIRC) the teacher was going around the class asking everyone what they were reading at home. Think that was her way of trying to encourage us to read on our own. In any case, when she got to me and I said that I was reading a book on evolution I was told (in so many words) to "Shut up and sit down because she didn't believe that stuff". If she had asked I'd have told her I picked it up by mistake because I thought it was a book about cavemen - but it did accomplish one thing - it made me want to read more - more about this subject that apparently upset her so much.
#183
In a Southern U.S. State?
My public school ed. began in kindergarten, in NY. iirc if not in kindergarten, then in 1st grade each class day began with the Pledge of Allegiance, a U.S. flag displayed above the blackboard (yup, slate blackboard).
complementary schizmo-genesis: manifesting a more extreme form of the behavior in reaction to objection to the behavior which provoked the objection
One day at beginning of class I noticed the teacher had dirt on her forehead. Don't recall the details, but probably called it to her attention.
If roles were reversed I'd have washed it off. She didn't. It was Ash Wednesday.
Happy Sunday, June 1 everybody.
Every month that begins on a Sunday has a Friday the 13th. TriskadeckItoldYouSo
In a Southern U.S. State?
My public school ed. began in kindergarten, in NY. iirc if not in kindergarten, then in 1st grade each class day began with the Pledge of Allegiance, a U.S. flag displayed above the blackboard (yup, slate blackboard).
The term is not in common usage: (so I can't spell-check it)
complementary schizmo-genesis: manifesting a more extreme form of the behavior in reaction to objection to the behavior which provoked the objection
One day at beginning of class I noticed the teacher had dirt on her forehead. Don't recall the details, but probably called it to her attention.
If roles were reversed I'd have washed it off. She didn't. It was Ash Wednesday.
Happy Sunday, June 1 everybody.
Every month that begins on a Sunday has a Friday the 13th. TriskadeckItoldYouSo
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Have to admit that the first time I saw that I was in my late 30's. In Manhattan on business - flew in the night before and walking to the office kept seeing businessmen in suits with black crosses on their foreheads. No idea what it meant but when I got to the office I had to ask one of my colleagues.
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You're such a smoothie !
I think my 2nd grade reaction was: - Hey Miss Curry! You have dirt on your forehead! -
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Research Guides: Banned Books: History of Book Banning
Learn what banned books are, the history of banned and challenged books and what you can do to challenge book banning
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Steve!
What 'cha holding behind your back?
The Holy Bible?
The United States Constitution?
Your most recent best-seller?
A ripe diaper with Trump's name & address on it?
But you're omitting a more fundamental observation.
Those deeply, sincerely committed to the values they advocate demonstrate unmistakable confidence in the superiority of their values by competing them in context of contradictory or opposing values.
IN VIVID CONTRAST:
The book banners flail the banner of self-declared failure
because attempting to silence opposing views is a declaration of inadequacy, a self-admission of failure.
What 'cha holding behind your back?
The Holy Bible?
The United States Constitution?
Your most recent best-seller?
A ripe diaper with Trump's name & address on it?
Obviously Steve.
But you're omitting a more fundamental observation.
Those deeply, sincerely committed to the values they advocate demonstrate unmistakable confidence in the superiority of their values by competing them in context of contradictory or opposing values.
IN VIVID CONTRAST:
The book banners flail the banner of self-declared failure
because attempting to silence opposing views is a declaration of inadequacy, a self-admission of failure.
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They can be read - they just can't be in the library.
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This Louisiana Librarian Stood Up Against Book Censorship
Inspiring librarian Amanda Jones turned adversity into advocacy. Read how her stand against book bans sparked nationwide support for the right to read.
For centuries, books have been banned, blocked, and even burned. Whether due to accusations of obscenity, heresy, political subversion, or for some other reason, countless volumes have found themselves censored by various structures of .....
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It's not just in the US
On May 26, Alberta announced that it was entering the book-banning business. “Multiple books found in some school libraries show extremely graphic and age-inappropriate content,” warned a government press release. To save Alberta’s children from this material, the government promised to act: first, by inviting Albertans to provide feedback on what is “acceptable for school library collections,” and second, by setting province-wide standards that every school board will be required to implement before classes resume in the fall.
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When The Tyee pointed out that three of the four targeted books featured LGBTQ+ narratives, Minister of Education and Childcare Demetrios Nicolaides shot back: “The fact that our actions of protecting young students from seeing porn, child molestation, self-harm and other sexual material in school libraries are being labelled as anti-LGBTQ is frankly irresponsible.”
Book banners can always be counted upon to deny that label while simultaneously invoking children’s innocence to justify the very censorship they disavow. “This isn’t about banning books,” Premier Danielle Smith posted on X. “It’s about protecting kids from graphic, sexually explicit content that has no place in a classroom.” (None of the books appear to have been part of any classroom curriculum, nor were students compelled to read them.)
Let’s be clear on our definitions. A book “ban” is “the removal of a title from a library because someone considers it harmful or dangerous,” Emily Drabinski, former president of the American Library Association, told NPR. A book “challenge” is when someone raises an objection to a book. All four titles initially challenged by the government—Maia Kobabe’s Gender Queer, Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home, Craig Thompson’s Blankets, and Mike Curato’s Flamer—were quickly removed from school shelves in Calgary and Edmonton. Trustees claim the books have been pulled for review. In the meantime, they are subject to a de facto ban from Alberta’s schools.
The government’s actions raise several questions, such as what constitutes “age-appropriate” and how is “explicit sexual content” being defined .....
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Alberta’s Book Ban Is a Blatant Act of Cultural Vandalism
The push to sanitize school collections erases what literature is for: knowledge, discovery, the freedom to think
by Ira Wells
On May 26, Alberta announced that it was entering the book-banning business. “Multiple books found in some school libraries show extremely graphic and age-inappropriate content,” warned a government press release. To save Alberta’s children from this material, the government promised to act: first, by inviting Albertans to provide feedback on what is “acceptable for school library collections,” and second, by setting province-wide standards that every school board will be required to implement before classes resume in the fall.
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When The Tyee pointed out that three of the four targeted books featured LGBTQ+ narratives, Minister of Education and Childcare Demetrios Nicolaides shot back: “The fact that our actions of protecting young students from seeing porn, child molestation, self-harm and other sexual material in school libraries are being labelled as anti-LGBTQ is frankly irresponsible.”
Book banners can always be counted upon to deny that label while simultaneously invoking children’s innocence to justify the very censorship they disavow. “This isn’t about banning books,” Premier Danielle Smith posted on X. “It’s about protecting kids from graphic, sexually explicit content that has no place in a classroom.” (None of the books appear to have been part of any classroom curriculum, nor were students compelled to read them.)
Let’s be clear on our definitions. A book “ban” is “the removal of a title from a library because someone considers it harmful or dangerous,” Emily Drabinski, former president of the American Library Association, told NPR. A book “challenge” is when someone raises an objection to a book. All four titles initially challenged by the government—Maia Kobabe’s Gender Queer, Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home, Craig Thompson’s Blankets, and Mike Curato’s Flamer—were quickly removed from school shelves in Calgary and Edmonton. Trustees claim the books have been pulled for review. In the meantime, they are subject to a de facto ban from Alberta’s schools.
The government’s actions raise several questions, such as what constitutes “age-appropriate” and how is “explicit sexual content” being defined .....
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