Censorship

[Joan Rosen <jrosen@MCIUNIX.MCIU.K12.PA.US>]

True story from when I was an elementary librarian:

A kindergarten boy who could read quite well came in to the library with
a friend to check out books.  On the paperback rack we had a worn, used
copy of "Jaws" which I purchased to quiet the loud protests I received
without it (!).  He took the book to the desk to sign out, reading aloud
to his friend from the back cover of the book.  I do not
remember what the first part of the sentence was; all I remember now is
"....and they made love on the beach."
The reader stopped, paused, made a kind of "raspberry" sound like
"blechchch" and said, "Kissing. Ugh!"

As some of you said, they understand only what they are ready for!

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Joan Rosen                      |           500 Rices Mill Road
Librarian                       |        Wyncote, PA 19095, USA
Cheltenham High School          |                (215) 881-6380
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