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What the H*** is Happening


 

Please excuse my thinly veiled attempt to cover my cursing. I realize that I should use my words better, but to be honest in this case the word is the most appropriate one I could think of this morning. This morning I woke up to this article.

https://bookriot.com/florida-teachers-remove-classroom-libraries/


The article discusses how teachers in Brevard Public Schools have been told that they cannot use their classroom libraries this year until they have been vetted by an expert. 

seriously

I thought teachers were the experts! I mean we did go to school for just such an occasion, but I digress. Let's get back to the real issue. 

I would be remiss if I just read one article, so I went a googling. Here are the other headlines that popped up. 

https://www.tampabay.com/news/education/2022/05/12/florida-schools-stirred-up-over-library-books-textbooks/

https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/04/15/brevard-schools-discuss-district-wide-library-book-policy-prepare-for-review-process/

 I will give you the gist if you don't want to spend the time getting angrier than you already are. A small group of people have submitted challenges against books they feel like shouldn't be read. Each of those challenges must be reviewed and the book must be vetted before it is allowed back on shelves. Here's the problem, a lot of small groups of people want to ban different books. Who would have thought? So because it is impossible to keep up with all of the issues that people outside of the classroom have with certain books, we just take them all away until we get to it.



Also, if one person (or a small group of people) get to decide what is appropriate for students to read, then aren't their voices the ones that will be heard? What makes it okay to allow a few people to dictate what you kid can read. This is a slippery slope folks and if we don't watch out...

Hang on folks, this is about to get bad!! It reminds me of this book I read, but I guess I can't talk about that until its been vetted.


Comments

  1. The WeaveJuly 26, 2022 at 12:33 PM

    MAKES. ME. SICK. I'll go ahead and say, "I wish they would!!!" lol I just keep saying it about all these other counties. If Leon when down that road - I would be getting written up, because I would be putting ALL my books out for these children. Oh, and I AM WEARING RAINBOWS EVERY DAMN DAY. Psshhhft.

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  2. Rachel WellmanJuly 27, 2022 at 6:37 PM

    Oooooooooof. Every time I think they can't go lower, or be more restrictive than they already are, THEY FIND A WAY TO DO IT. So sorry those of y'all in classrooms are still dealing with this! What a waste of your tremendous energy and precious time to deal with this nonsense.

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