Steve Crampton write about Laurie Taylor, a parent in Fayetteville, Arkansas, leading a fight to get very objectionable books out of the public school library.
From the post:
"At first, school system leaders seemed to agree with Taylor, and placed the books in a "parent library" section with other books geared more to parents than to children. But when Taylor found dozens more books with sexually explicit content, and asked that they not be made available to students without parental approval, the school reneged. It overturned its earlier decision and voted to leave all of the books on the shelves with unrestricted access by the students."
Steve goes on to write about the specifics of some of these books. It appears the school librarians have confused their idea of "intellectual freedom" with giving children an education. You don't give a child a gun. Ideas can be more dangerous than guns. The school librarians are hurting children.
After reading something like this I am surprised that parents allow their children to go back to school the next day.
(Hat tip: Judy Aron)
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1 comment:
This problem exists in regular public libraries also. My friend told me about a sexual book they are using in public schools to educate kids on sex-education that is very anti-biblical and graphic. This book was at her local public library and the only reason she found it is because it was sticking half-way off the shelf as if someone (a child, because it was in the children's section) had browsed through it and left it half-way in the shelf, but poking out to catch the next victim. She called me, very upset and I told her to write a letter to her library asking that they move it to an adult area. I'll let you know if she gets a response.
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