GEN: Wayside School -- Why

[Joni J Rathbun <jrathbun@OREDNET.ORG>]

Several ppl have asked why there were objections to the Wayside stories.
The concerns focused on what seemed to the parent to be disrespectful
behavior & language by the students in the stories. She also found one
chapter to be "too frightening" for children (her child is a second
grader). I know that some of us are surprised to hear these things but over
the years we've heard all sorts of things so that nothing should
surprise us anymore.

I don't, however, mean to make light of the parent's concerns. I
believe it's important that we respect parental concerns such as this.
This parent simply wants what she believes to be best for her child.



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foes turn from censure to censorship. When we decided to let a thousand
flowers bloom, we always knew that some of them would be weeds."
                -- Henry Louis Gates Jr., educator, c. 1990
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J. Rathbun, Library Teacher
Lincoln E.S., North Las Vegas
Email: jrathbun@orednet.org



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