I agree with parents monitoring what material their children are exposed to. If a parent has a problem with a particular piece of material in the library, then the school should take steps to make sure that the parents' wishes are respected and that individual student cannot check that material.
What I don't want is another parent making a decision to limit what my child has access to based upon that parent's moral code.
The material you deem objectionable, I may have no problem with and vice versa. Just because I don't want my kid reading Atlas Shrugged shouldn't mean that yours is prevented from doing so.
Well, clearly you would not want a book.teaching kids how to shoot up.heroin in the school. Right? So, I think you should reconsider your assertion. There are standards for.schools and the Supreme court has supported that.
I would have no problem with books or other material that show a heroin addict dealing with his addiction. I would presume that might describe how he would use. I would have no problem with that. JUNKIE by Burroughs perhaps. You can find all sorts of less than ideal bits of reality in literature. That's part of what it is there for, as a reflection on society. I have no problem with Les Miserables even though it has a sympathetic view towards theft and prostitution.
That is not what I said. You obviously would not support a book SUPPORTING becoming a heroin addict or teaching kids how to shoot up being in our library. (This example is offered only for sake or argument, not to indicate such a book in our library system).
So don't claim there should be "no" standards. you know that is false.
Of course there are standards. Everyone has them. But they can differ substantially. What my standards are probably don't mirror yours. Just like you don't want me deciding what your kids have access to, neither do I. That is my only point.
I agree with parents monitoring what material their children are exposed to. If a parent has a problem with a particular piece of material in the library, then the school should take steps to make sure that the parents' wishes are respected and that individual student cannot check that material.
What I don't want is another parent making a decision to limit what my child has access to based upon that parent's moral code.
The material you deem objectionable, I may have no problem with and vice versa. Just because I don't want my kid reading Atlas Shrugged shouldn't mean that yours is prevented from doing so.
If only the concerning texts were advanced literature based on philosophy, like Atlas Shrugged.
The point remains the same. It is a value judgment. Someone else should not be deciding what anyone else's kid is allowed to read or consume.
Well, clearly you would not want a book.teaching kids how to shoot up.heroin in the school. Right? So, I think you should reconsider your assertion. There are standards for.schools and the Supreme court has supported that.
I would have no problem with books or other material that show a heroin addict dealing with his addiction. I would presume that might describe how he would use. I would have no problem with that. JUNKIE by Burroughs perhaps. You can find all sorts of less than ideal bits of reality in literature. That's part of what it is there for, as a reflection on society. I have no problem with Les Miserables even though it has a sympathetic view towards theft and prostitution.
That is not what I said. You obviously would not support a book SUPPORTING becoming a heroin addict or teaching kids how to shoot up being in our library. (This example is offered only for sake or argument, not to indicate such a book in our library system).
So don't claim there should be "no" standards. you know that is false.
Of course there are standards. Everyone has them. But they can differ substantially. What my standards are probably don't mirror yours. Just like you don't want me deciding what your kids have access to, neither do I. That is my only point.