Speaking as another private school (very brash of me, I know), I have
discovered my students do not play video games and have no interest in any
graphic novels, magma, anime, etc. When I brought some in to the library
(ones that were nominated for my ALA/YALSA/PPPYA committee work, I found
tons of resistance in getting the students to review them. Most considered
them a total waste of time and said they preferred to read a book such as
DaVinci Code or Harry Potter. My students don't read magazines either - so I
am down to 7 hard titles from a previous 40 titles. I only get the basics -
Time, U.S. Catholic, Popular Mechanics...canceled Sports Illustrated and all
of the "browsing" titles.
They do like to play games, however. We are having a trivia competition next
week sponsored by the Junior Class. Several teams will compete - one teacher
can be on the team. We also have competitions to raise money for the
missions, especially in Peru. Just no interest in video games.
And less, any of you reading this believe my students are the stereotypical
rarified little Catholic school children, let me assure you that 51% of the
student body is from the inner city, 25% non-Roman Catholic - these are the
same students as in the public high schools in the area.
So, I am not sure where the answer lies - it does mean I save money by not
buying any of these titles.
Dr. Allan O'Grady Cuseo (Brother Donogh Allan, MGC)
Bishop Kearney High School Library
125 Kings Highway South
Rochester, New York 14617
585-342 - 4000 x231
585-342 - 4694 (FAX)
acuseo@bkhs.org
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Shonda Brisco" <sbrisco@FWCDS.ORG>
To: <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 10:59 PM
Subject: [LM_NET] No Games for Me, Thanks!
Well, I'm depressed....I did a sample survey of my high school students to
determine if they would be interested in things like graphic novels, manga,
anime, or even a gaming competition (DDR, Karaoke Revolution---or even Mario
Cart)...and learned that my kids DON'T want to participate in or are NOT
interested in having these types of things made available to them in the
library---regardless of the fact we are open 8-5 five days a week and
between 2-5 on Sunday afternoons!
After attending two really cool "gaming" conferences, gathering graphic
novel resources, and planning time (and getting approval for doing some of
these things), I learned that the kids said that these things are "for the
geeks"....not them. In fact, the majority of kids sent me to the "computer
club" (a small group) to see if they might be interested. However, this
group is comprised of mostly seniors and next year's group will be smaller.
Not enough to really get things started because this group likes to develop
programs---and I'm trying to "play games!"
How sad....I was so eager to provide some really neat programming that I'd
seen in other libraries (especially in public libraries), but my kids don't
even like video games! In fact, when I asked impromptu, "what's your
favorite video game"....most said, "I don't play video games!"
Again...so sad...I just bought my own Nintendo DS (with The Brain Game) and
I love challenging myself--- keeping the "grey matter"
up-to-speed ---playing speed math games, timed-reading games, Sudoku, and
verbal-visual games.
Does anyone else have this problem....or is this a quirk in the private
school ---or maybe just mine???
~Shonda
Shonda Brisco, MLIS
US / Technology Librarian
4200 Country Day Lane
Fort Worth Country Day School
Fort Worth, TX
817.732.7718 ext. 339
"We can't wait for somebody outside of ourselves to rescue us, because
nobody is coming to the rescue..."
~ Ross Todd, Professor
School of Communications, Information, and Library Studies, Rutgers
University
sbrisco@fwcds.org
http://www.fwcds.org/campus/libraries/default.asp
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