I would be considering how much "reading" is going on in a gaming,
skateboarding, etc., magazine.
kate :)
Karen DeFrank wrote:
> I think we get magazines like the ones mentioned because we want to
> see boys
> (and girls, but they aren't as hard to reach) reading - and ANYTHING
> that
> gets them reading is better than nothing. We've had this discussion about
> Goosebumps books, Captain Underpants, Nancy Drew mysteries - the list is
> long.
> Ultimately the librarians hold the purse strings and it's up to us to
> decide
> what our money is going to be spent on. And if kids are reading, and
> asking
> for reading material, that's what we want to push.
>
> Karen DeFrank, LMS
> Bullock School
> Glassboro NJ
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Paula Yohe" <paula_yohe@YAHOO.COM>
> To: <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
> Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 7:08 PM
> Subject: Re: Electronic Gaming/Middle School/Parent Concern
>
>
>> I guess now that I have spent time on both sides of this - being a media
>> specialist in jr. high for over 20 years dealing with the same issue
>> with
>> magazines in particular and now as an administrator for the last few
>> years
>> think about this from the other side -- -- the administrator for a few
>> minutes for a different perspective
>>
>> 1. Why do librarians call this censorship? You picked the magazine -and
>> put it into the media center collection -- it's not like every
>> magazine in
>> the world is in the school media center - so it isn't censorship
>> 2. How do these magazines support the curriculum and raise student
>> achievment?
>> 3. If we are supposed to be teaching students repsect for all -- why
>> would
>> you put something that is not supporting the curriculum in the media
>> center and ask for trouble
>> 4. Media specialists always say they have no money and just look what
>> they
>> spend it on --
>> 5. If they want to spend their own money on these magazines -- then let
>> the student
>> 6. The irate parent shows up that wants to know why this stuff is in a
>> school library --- their tax dollars shouldn't pay for this trash. What
>> does this have to do with reading, writing, and math -- that is what
>> they
>> are at school for.
>> 7. The parent that shows up and says you disciplined my child for using
>> bad language but you have this stuff in the school library.
>>
>> Now remember the principal has probably had several fights, irate
>> parents,
>> meetings, test scores, air conditioning is out in three classrooms, a
>> water fountain is broke, lunch is late so the bells have to be held up,
>> teachers upset, etc. ---
>>
>> Now censorship an issue that is an important issue to us as media
>> specialists is at the bottom of their list --
>> There answer -- make it go away because there is a bigger problem right
>> behind it that they have to deal with
>>
>> Is this right -- probably not --
>> is it reality -- probably
>>
>> I am not advocating for removing materials -- but offering a point of
>> view that never entered my mind when I was in the media center --
>> Just food for thought
>> Paula
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Dana Fisher <dfisher@TMS.CVILLE.K12.IN.US> wrote:
>> 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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