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Another thought as well-the students do have access-in the media center. They may look at all the books they want and use that information-but if they owe me books (we do not do fines in elementary), I am not giving another out. Debra Fillingim, NBCT Media Specialist Jupiter Elementary Palm Bay, Fl fillingimd@brevard.k12.fl.us -----Original Message----- From: School Library Media & Network Communications [mailto:LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Marsha Redd Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2007 6:28 PM To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU Subject: Re: [LM_NET] media center fines and access to books Descrimination? I think not. If you allow students who are not responsible enough to return materials that they borrow, I think you are, in effect, discriminating against the students who do; moreover, you are robbing the conscientious students of the use of the lost materials. In my school we have a fine system and we have this year instituted an additional consequence, that of losing computer access. If a child from a low income family misbehaves, is it discrimination to punish him? I think if you let the student get away with it, you are doing that student a disservice by robbing him of this life lesson. Marsha Redd Librarian, Kelloggsville High School Grand Rapids, MI marsharedd@hotmail.com Education is not a goal; it is a life-long process. Everyone is a student. Everyone is a teacher. ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Brenner, Christine Salerno" <CS1221@ECU.EDU> Reply-To: "Brenner, Christine Salerno" <CS1221@ECU.EDU> To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU Subject: [LM_NET] media center fines and access to books Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 09:10:05 -0400 As a middle school English teacher, I was scheduled to take my class to the media center every two weeks. Inevitably, students would incur fines and lose books and not all children/families could afford the fines or book replacement costs. The result would be that the student would not be able to take out materials. If access to information and materials is a right and not a privilege, how can we deny students this right? And if looked at closely, the students being denied are our most disadvantaged. I know that we are trying to teach responsibility with this policy, but isn't there another way that doesn't deny children/teens access to books? Does anyone have any thoughts on this? Any alternatives to this media center policy you have seen tried? Is this a form of discrimination? Thanks! Christine Brenner MLS student/Language Arts teacher, Raleigh, NC cs1221@ecu.edu (Also, I am an MLS student. 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