Re: Dewey Decimal Chart

[John Courtney <jcourtne@ESU6.ESU6.K12.NE.US>]

Kathy, Ken, Group....
  I know that I have stirred up some worms on here before...but I think
substantive worms.....but this "thing" over the use of "man" wow is this
necessary? Ken you are so right on this..and I am not a chauvinist, heck
I dont even know how to spell it....my library/media students for the
past 28 years, primarily women, all ladies:)....can attest to this...
   Gee whiz..I cant imagine the Dewey chart casuing this commotion...oh
well I am getting old and senile I guess....I know Im getting old
becauseI used tro come up with all these revolutionary ideas and concepts
for change...now i reflect back and say whats the big issue here...or
worse...well we have tried that before..anyway..back to my original
thought...let the chart be...."man" does include...gee to think I answerd
this...

  John Courtney
  Media Coord.
  Crete Public Schools


On Mon, 2 Mar 1998, kathy r. schultz wrote:

> Ken Umbach wrote:
> >
> > That is a sad reflection of the loss of understanding that "man" in that
> > context has nothing to do with male vs. female or masculine vs. feminine,
> > but refers to the species (and etymologically is related to the word "mind"
> > -- it has absolutely nothing to do with gender).  Oh, well.  That horse left
> > the barn long ago ...
> >
> > Ken
> >
>
>
>
> Go ahead, Ken.  Hang onto that anachronism.  Maybe it's all you've got
> left!
>  Digression from 1964 follows:
> When I was in kindergarten I was excited out of my mind one day to be
> bringing home a note asking for permission to go on a field trip.  I
> unpinned it from my coat on the way home and read something like the
> following:  "Your child is invited to go with his class to . . ."  Man!!
> (you should excuse the expression) Was I disillusioned.  I wasn't going
> to get to go.  It was just for boys. It was all a big, fat lie!  I was
> sobbing by the time I reached home.  I was not convinced that I was
> included until I was actually on the bus on the way to Sealtest Dairy.
>
> Yes, the horse left the barn.  The arrangements were probably that each
> horse would have HIS own stall.
>
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