Comments on: Quotation Saturday: Censorship http://www.janegoodwin.net/2010/01/30/quotation-saturday-censorship/ Education, schools, teachers, social media, parenting, writing, educational issues Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:08:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jane Goodwin http://www.janegoodwin.net/2010/01/30/quotation-saturday-censorship/comment-page-1/#comment-27557 Jane Goodwin Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:54:38 +0000 http://www.janegoodwin.net/?p=2742#comment-27557 Mrs. Chili: I've been collecting quotations since I was really young - a year or two! - but deciding to have Quotation Saturday is forcing me to categorize them, and that is a very good thing. A typical Saturday's quotes takes about four hours to put together. Once I get them all categorized, it won't take quote so long. SafeLibraries: Every person has the right to forbid his/her own children from choosing to read any book, but NOBODY has the right to forbid other people or their children from having that choice. As for "age-appropriateness," some children are ready to read "War & Peace" in second grade, while other people are never ready. I still maintain that if a person of any age wishes to attempt to read a book, he/she should have the right to give it a try. Families who don't appreciate questions raise a red flag in my mind. Mrs. Chili: I’ve been collecting quotations since I was really young – a year or two! – but deciding to have Quotation Saturday is forcing me to categorize them, and that is a very good thing.

A typical Saturday’s quotes takes about four hours to put together. Once I get them all categorized, it won’t take quote so long.

SafeLibraries: Every person has the right to forbid his/her own children from choosing to read any book, but NOBODY has the right to forbid other people or their children from having that choice.

As for “age-appropriateness,” some children are ready to read “War & Peace” in second grade, while other people are never ready. I still maintain that if a person of any age wishes to attempt to read a book, he/she should have the right to give it a try. Families who don’t appreciate questions raise a red flag in my mind.

]]> By: SafeLibraries http://www.janegoodwin.net/2010/01/30/quotation-saturday-censorship/comment-page-1/#comment-27222 SafeLibraries Sun, 31 Jan 2010 02:48:34 +0000 http://www.janegoodwin.net/?p=2742#comment-27222 "It also highlights the thing we know about Banned Books Week that we don't talk about much — the bulk of these books are challenged by parents for being age-inappropriate for children. While I think this is still a formidable thing for librarians to deal with, it's totally different from people trying to block a book from being sold at all." - Banned Books Week is Next Week, by former ALA Councilor Jessamyn West http://www.librarian.net/stax/1858 “It also highlights the thing we know about Banned Books Week that we don’t talk about much — the bulk of these books are challenged by parents for being age-inappropriate for children. While I think this is still a formidable thing for librarians to deal with, it’s totally different from people trying to block a book from being sold at all.”

- Banned Books Week is Next Week, by former ALA Councilor Jessamyn West

http://www.librarian.net/stax/1858

]]> By: SafeLibraries http://www.janegoodwin.net/2010/01/30/quotation-saturday-censorship/comment-page-1/#comment-27220 SafeLibraries Sun, 31 Jan 2010 02:45:52 +0000 http://www.janegoodwin.net/?p=2742#comment-27220 "The interest in protecting young library users from material inappropriate for minors is legitimate, and even compelling, as all Members of the Court appear to agree." - Supreme Court of the United States, [US v. ALA] http://laws.findlaw.com/us/539/194.html “The interest in protecting young library users from material inappropriate for minors is legitimate, and even compelling, as all Members of the Court appear to agree.”

- Supreme Court of the United States, [US v. ALA]

http://laws.findlaw.com/us/539/194.html

]]> By: Lynette Mattke http://www.janegoodwin.net/2010/01/30/quotation-saturday-censorship/comment-page-1/#comment-27215 Lynette Mattke Sat, 30 Jan 2010 21:16:04 +0000 http://www.janegoodwin.net/?p=2742#comment-27215 I just found your site today - and I'll be back! Thanks for the quotations about censorship. I just found your site today – and I’ll be back! Thanks for the quotations about censorship.

]]> By: Mrs. Chili http://www.janegoodwin.net/2010/01/30/quotation-saturday-censorship/comment-page-1/#comment-27204 Mrs. Chili Sat, 30 Jan 2010 14:16:43 +0000 http://www.janegoodwin.net/?p=2742#comment-27204 I love quotation Saturday! How log does it take you to put all these things together?! I love quotation Saturday! How log does it take you to put all these things together?!

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