Re: [LM_NET] Electronic Gaming/Middle School/Parent Concern

[Dana Fisher <dfisher@TMS.CVILLE.K12.IN.US>]

At the request of my principal and assistant principal, I have taken Electronic 
Gaming, PSM, and PlayStation magazine off the racks. (Too violent and very 
anti-woman.) Mad Magazine is also gone because my assistant principal said that our 
students could be written up for using language found in the magazine.  I'm not 
crazy about the way electronic games portray women either, but I am really 
conflicted about this.  I don't like censoring and, let's face it, if they have the 
money, the kids are buying these magazines or at least looking at them in the 
stores.  The gaming magazines bring boys into the library who wouldn't come in for 
any other reason.  I stopped buying the age-appropriate magazines (the few that 
exist for middle school) because the kids never picked them up. 

I'd love to hear what other middle school librarians are subsribing to.

Dana W. Fisher, Librarian
Joseph F. Tuttle Middle School
Crawfordsville IN
dfdisher@tms.cville.k12.in.us

-----Original Message-----
From: School Library Media & Network Communications
[mailto:LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU]On Behalf Of Billie Esser
Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 1:54 PM
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Electronic Gaming/Middle School/Parent Concern


Was wondering how many of you have Electronic Gaming in your middle school 
collection?  I have a parent concern - not an official challenge - about the 
magazine.  How have you handle this?

Thanks,




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