Re: Teacher Restrictions Part 2/4

[lpearle <lpearle@PCS-NYC.ORG>]

At 12:30 PM 7/7/98 -0500, Carol Simpson wrote:
>>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....

I didn't read the message that way.  I think that it's saying that students
will read good books - fiction or nonfiction.  The problem was, as I read
it, that fiction books weren't being promoted but that when they were,
students were happy to read them (and that this lack of promoting fiction
led to students being uninterested in reading in high school).  I saw it as
encouraging promoting reading of ANY book - not just using the resources
for research.


Laura R. Pearle
Head Librarian
Gladys Brooks Library
Professional Children's School
lpearle@pcs-nyc.org

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