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How does this work for a 7 year old, with no income of their own and no means of transportation? Also, some folks are poor and simply could not afford the $10
by Broken_Hippo 7y ago
How does this work for a 7 year old, with no income of their own and no means of transportation?
Also, some folks are poor and simply could not afford the $10 without taking away from vital things, like food and electricity.
- tim333 7y agoWaive the fine if someone writes a note saying please erase my fine?
- dmd 7y agoThe knowledge that you can write a note like that, and the willingness to do it, are very strongly class-based.
- tim333 7y agoYou could put a poster saying it's the policy and maybe limiting it to say $5. The number of wealthy willing to write a letter to get off say a $2 fine would be small but it might be good for kids worried about their pocket money etc.
- cafard 7y agoYes, but with no means of transportation, how does the seven-year-old get the library book in the first place? Not that I think we should impose punitive fines on those who would have to scrimp to pay them.
- Broken_Hippo 7y agoI was able to walk to the library as a child, actually - plus some places have Bookmobiles. There were also libraries at schools. A kid's experience might vary with all of these, though: I also lived a 5-minute drive from a place with no free public libraries with the exception of a school.