So, What's approriate? Should I purchase a fiction book for my high
school that gives a detailed description (using anatomically correct
terms, of course) of 17 year olds having oral sex? Would it justify
buying if it is an award winner? Or would I be accused of censoring for
not puchasing it? I can fit anything into the state content standards
so aligning to the curriculum really a good reason to purchase/not
purchase.
Library Media Specialist
Amanda Clearcreek SD
rshull@greenapple.com
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From: School Library Media & Network Communications
[mailto:LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Toni Koontz
Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 2:58 PM
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: in loco parentis
Here is where working for a private school has the advantage. Parents
need
to agree with the mission of the school to enroll. Thus, when I am
acting
"in loco parentis" I know that means that the parents will be agreeing
with
my decisions.
In all my years of experience, I have seldom refused to have a book
because
of concerns that I have been reading about. I have chosen one book
over
another for various reasons: cost, easier to understand, more likely to
be
read by my students. Once, in the 80's, I did put aside a book about Rio
de
Janeiro that was part of a series I ordered. It showed numerous photos
of
nude beaches. I was in a grade school ( k-8) and knew that it would be
inappropriate given the age of the students as well as the mission of
the
school. The information was readily available in another book that I
ordered. So, I wasn't exactly censoring as choosing the better of the
two
based on my patrons needs. These are decisions that as a professional I
make.
Toni Koontz
Librarian
St.Charles Preparatory School
Columbus,Ohio
akoontz@cdeducation.org
Carpe Diem
----- Original Message -----
From: "Laura Brooks" <BrooksLa@NORTHVILLE.K12.MI.US>
To: <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 2:49 PM
Subject: in loco parentis
> Hi,
>
> So as we act in loco parentis, we "protect" a child from a book. Do we
> act on behalf of what we perceive a majority of parents think and
> feel? Are people that homogeneous? What of the parent who supports
> intellectual freedom with a child in a school that censors?
>
> Laura
>
> Laura Brooks
> Library Media Teacher
> Amerman Elementary School
> Northville, MI
> brooksla@northville.k12.mi.us
>
> "Unless someone like you cares a whole lot,
> nothing is going to get better. It's not."
> -The Lorax, Dr. Seuss
>
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