Re: Teacher Restrictions Part 2/4

[Carol Simpson <csimpson@TENET.EDU>]

>I followed the guidelines of my mentor librarian  -- "You
>may choose any book you like as long as you check out a fiction book with
>it (appropriate reading level of course)."  Some of my teachers had a fit
>but most said BRAVO.  Coming from teaching high school, I can now see how
>kids quit reading -- I had a hard time believing them until I came to an
>elementary building and I still don't understand those few teachers who
>don't promote reading.  By the time my school year was done, I had huge
>reserve lists because kids were interested in good books when someone
>made them aware of them.                                 ^^^^

Perhaps I'm misunderstanding the message quoted above, but can someone tell
me why nonfiction books aren't "good"?  While I read fiction (including
"good" fiction), I much prefer nonfiction. Maybe it is the realist in me.
But when a student doesn't care for fiction is there a good reason to force
half his reading into that channel? We don't feel we are neglecting
nonfiction if a student reads all fiction, do we? I find this an interesting
mindset in our profession....

Carol Simpson
University of North Texas
csimpson@tenet.edu

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