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I am appalled that marking out offensive words would even be considered as an option....... How would I ever decide what I should mark out? One person's idea might not match mine. A perfect example: One year a parent came to me because of the cursing in Bridge to Teribitha. I asked her to show me and the offending passages were when the boy said "gosh I am dumb." and similar statements. I provided her with our paper to complete for the reconsideration committee, which she never returned. I think she was stopped with the question "What harm will come to children who read this book?" I recommend that your district/board adopt a policy and procedure for handling books to which there is an objection. Then, FOLLOW that guide perfectly. And finally, one year a student brought a book to me in which the character said "damn." I then had a talk about why the author might have had the character use the word, what we learned about the character by the language and whether the choice of language had a purpose in the story or not..........I choose to think I taught the student something that day. Mary Ludwick, Librarian K-5 Elementary Owen Elementary, The Colony, Texas (near Dallas) ludwickm@lisd.net (school address) ludwick@swbell.net (home address) "Those who don't read have no advantage over those who can't." Mark Twain -------------------------------------------------------------------- All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. LM_NET Help & Information: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://elann.biglist.com/el-announce/ LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html --------------------------------------------------------------------