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Seems like a tortured analogy; "Bob" is not a single person but rather a town of a few thousand. And "pushed into Bob's attention span" means a book sitting on
by MichaelCollins 4y ago
Seems like a tortured analogy; "Bob" is not a single person but rather a town of a few thousand. And "pushed into Bob's attention span" means a book sitting on the shelf where any of the 'Bobs' can pick it up if they want to, or ignore it otherwise.
- matrix_overload 4y agoI don't think sitting on the shelf is ever a problem. What many people don't like is the reading events where the books presenting a complex problem from a very specific and questionable viewpoint are forced into kids' attention span without their parents explicitly asking for it.
- pseudalopex 4y agoBooks sitting on shelves are challenged all the time. The article had photos of materials distributed by opponents. They mentioned books added to the adult section. They didn't mention reading events. A Pride Month display in the young adult section was the closest thing. And where are children forced to attend public library readings?
- MichaelCollins 4y agoWhatever happened to parental supervision? My mother hated grim horror stuff, no Goosebumps for me. If the reading hour had books of that sort, my mother would pull me out of it. Those books were on the shelves, but she didn't allow me to read them. It's not like we're talking about public schooling where children are a captive audience of the state (at least for any family that can't afford private schooling.) Library reading hours for kids are entirely at the discretion of parents.
- koheripbal 4y agoIn this particular case, I believe the issue was that the librarian was introducing lgbt the book to schoolchildren. They weren't just "on the shelf". That's why she resigned