June 2005 Archives
Hey kids, we should come up with some book ideas for the next bookclub book. Any ideas? Suggestions? Requests?
This is very sad and upsetting. A school that services kindergarten through 8th grade is firing their librarian in order to hire a computer teacher. Now, I love computers as much as, probably more, than next girl. But I remember going into the library at least 3 times a week, and asking my librarian "now what? what should I read next?" And she always had a suggestion. She paid attention to what I read and was interested to hear what I thought about the book. I became an avid reader. Which is good, because I learned a lot about the computer from books.
What really cheeses me off is the lack of value we, as a country, place on education. Military military military. ... fuck the environment... fuck public schools.... yep, that's about it. If a school is forced to chose between a librarian, and a computer teacher, that school is not getting enough money. I hope everyone remembers this sacrifice the next time a school levy comes on the ballot in Tamworth NH.
from bookslut, who thinks they've f'ed with the wrong profession, as librarians like to fight. Yeah!
The Guardian talks to Judy Blume about the book every teenage girl read behind their parent's back, Forever. Except for me. My mom bought it for me. She knew what was about and felt I was old enough to read it. I think I was about 14 or 15... maybe? Anyway, we were living in Tulsa Oklahoma back then, which we all know is such an oh so book friendly place, and the bookseller actually tried to talk my mom out of buying the book for me, explaining to her about the teenage fornication it contained. My mother acknowledged that she knew what was in the book and insisted that I was old enough, and mature enough to handle it.
And then she punched the bookseller in the face for daring to question her parental judgement. Ok, no, she didn't. But, yay my mom for valuing my abilities to process the information in this book and not go out and get knocked up.
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