Censorship rears its ugly head. Sort-of. *SIGH*

[speckledhen]

Please remember, in the midst of all your bashing, that the public schools are also under a lot of pressure put upon them by government officials who have never taught a child in their lives, but think they know how to. The "No Child Left Behind" legislation is where things like "levels" and so forth come from. It's all about data and tracking, tracking, tracking... Tell your elected officials what you think of these policies.

I agree with you 100%. It must be terribly frustrating to teach under those conditions. My DH was a substitute teacher for years and was always appalled at how little real down to earth teaching was done rather than just preparing to test.​

 

[rooster-red]

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I absolutely agree, and have had to take this path in the past with my DS's school.

Follow this path and you will get results.

 

[SundownWaterfowl]

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I dont think that was right. She was basically telling your child that he was too stupid to read it.

 

[luvmychicknkids]

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I agree with you 100%. It must be terribly frustrating to teach under those conditions. My DH was a substitute teacher for years and was always appalled at how little real down to earth teaching was done rather than just preparing to test.

We were given a letter the first week of school by my 3rd grader's teacher that stated: the following is a list of what I will be teaching to prepare my students for standardized testing. It was depressing.

 

[ginnyk]

If a visit to the librarian and the principal do not work, perhaps you can talk to the school board. Of course, this might hit the local media. If you are having this problem, others may be also. Of course, don't make waves if you aren't willing to get wet.

At a time when literacy is so low in our country, anything you can do to help is to the advantage of our most important resource - our children: our future. Lots of luck. Would like to hear how this turns out for you.

 

[Kanchii]

Meyer's Twilight series aren't even difficult, they are technically a "teen" book (lots of horny characters but no sex scenes, haha). Now Meyer's adult novel, The Host is more difficult but any kid that wants to check out a book SHOULD because books are dying in popularity.

 

[JessicaGrant]

As the mom of a precocious reader, I've been struggling with this since my son entered kindergarten when our librarian refused to allow him to take books out that he wanted to take out.

I do think that just because a child can read and comprehend a book doesn't mean it is appropriate reading material for him or her, and that the librarian or school teacher should act as a gate keeper in a way. At least until a parent talks with them about their child. I have struggled to find books that challenge Ethan without being too mature a subject matter. Our school librarian and I have had a few chats and she does now let Ethan take out books at all levels. She still doesn't steer him toward books that are right for him, though, and I wish she did, since she knows (or should know) what books a strong reader who is still a little kid might like. Last year his teacher introduced him to Goosebumps and Captain Underpants...to my great annoyance!

I hope talking to the librarian helps. And if not, the public library is a wonderful resource. Good luck!

 

[Chicken_Lover4567]

This actually happened to me! I am an avid reader, and I was in the 3rd grade and loved the Harry Potter series. I tried to check Prisoner of Azkaban out, and they said it was a few levels ahead of mine, and I would not understand a word of the story. My level went up to 11.7, and the Harry Potter book was 5.8!!!!!

 

[luvmychicknkids]

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[luvmychicknkids]

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Actually, he owns The Host.

Took him 3 days to read it and he could tell you the content cover to cover.

Yes, he reads things that are a touch mature....some sex scenes and some (lots of) blood and gore. As I said in the note to the librarian, however, we discuss the why's and why not's of what he reads......we are very open and talk about everything here.