Hi Netters:
This subject grabbed my attention this morning...I haven't seen the
original posting but I thought I'd interject a couple of anecdotes. When
I was in the schools my LMS impressed on me how touchy this subject
always is and that she never dumped books in the school's dumpster but
found ways to donate them or take them home to her personal dumpster
rather than run the risk of having some thrifty townsperson criticize
the schools for wasting taxpayers money!
We also had feelings not unlike what Dennis stated: "Some see the giving
of used books to developing countries as obscene and demeaning."
Yesterday I attended a swearing in ceremony for one of the Lost Boys of
the Sudan who a group of our townsfolk have been helping along. As we
waited in line to register him and have him become a new American
citizen, we asked what he brought with him when he arrived 7 years ago.
He only brought a few items of clothing but he told us that one of his
friends brought along an American Accounting book that had been shipped
to the Sudan. He carried it all that way as he wanted to learn
accounting when he arrived here! It made me think again about this
entire subject matter :-)
Peace......
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Jody Newman
Library Aide, retired
Stow, MA
newjody@comcast.net
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make
you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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