I was just going to stay out of this discussion, but I find myself moved to
reply.
Robert, with all due respect, it seems no matter what anyone else posts,
you're going to prove it wrong. Someone posted earlier that there is no
one-size-fits-all answer. I personally agree with that. You are not
"right" in you viewpoint and no one else is "wrong
". Conversely, no one else is "right" and you are not "wrong". Each
individual situation calls for its individual approach and we all have
different perspectives. In some schools it would be totally incorrect to
focus entirely on "information skills" to the detriment of instilling the
pure joy of reading in children. In other cases, we would be doing students
a grave injustice to teach them nothing about locating, analyzing, and
properly utilizing information sources.
So please, give it a rest. You should continue doing things the way you
are. I'm sure you have an excellent library program. However, I will
continue to include lots of reading and activities that make students want
to use the library in the first place. I believe that if we turn them off
completely with too much of an academic approach, we'll lose them as soon as
they finish school if not before.
I guess what I'm really saying, is this. Please stop trying to convince us
all that you've got the right perspective by firing back at each contrary
reply (as I know you'll do with mine). Some of us simply don't agree with
you and it will probably remain that way. Heaven forbid that all people
should do things the same way. What a boring world that would make.
Here's to diversity in classrooms and in library media programs! (BTW, can
you tell I'm philosophically opposed to standardized testing, too?)
It takes everyone of us with all of our different viewpoints to make life
grand.
Marian Royal
Parkview Elementary School
Socorro, NM
marianroyal@hotmail.com
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