Comments on: Barack Obama, Philip Pullman and Alan Gibbons http://veryhungrycaterpillar.wordpress.com/2008/11/24/barack-obama-philip-pullman-and-alan-gibbons/ A Children's Book Blog Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:40:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Susan http://veryhungrycaterpillar.wordpress.com/2008/11/24/barack-obama-philip-pullman-and-alan-gibbons/#comment-138 Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:17:39 +0000 http://veryhungrycaterpillar.wordpress.com/?p=237#comment-138 Oh, you’ve got to read it, you’re going to love it.

Editorial Anonymous (one of my faves) has posted about this today, with the post title:
“A Pupil Is Not Above His Teacher, But A Baboon’s Butt Is Smarter Than This School Board”.

Beautifully and succinctly put, I found: a lovely (and deservedly snarky) analysis.

http://editorialanonymous.blogspot.com/2008/11/pupil-is-not-above-his-teacher-but.html

]]> By: Susan http://veryhungrycaterpillar.wordpress.com/2008/11/24/barack-obama-philip-pullman-and-alan-gibbons/#comment-133 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:23:04 +0000 http://veryhungrycaterpillar.wordpress.com/?p=237#comment-133 A school without a library? Are there two things that belong together, that need each other more, in the world?

A school without a library (AND librarian) would be like a book with no words, or a person with no heart. It’s outrageous.

If anything, school libraries should be expanded and improved, not eliminated: we’re raising generations of people who see no purpose in learning after exams, and who aren’t excited about discovery. School libraries could be (and should be) developed to help kids stretch their imaginations beyond the classroom walls and explore all their interests within the curriculum and beyond. If that means including responsible internet access, science equipment, educational software and interactive games, well, we should do it.

Boo to the Chesterfield school; hurrah (again) for Philip Pullman, and all schools who appreciate their librarians.

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