The poem below illustrates
The reason we cannot
Allow Texas & Florida
To continue closing
School libraries and
Firing school librarians.
Reading gives wings to
Children's dreams.
Libraries give learners
Places to soar.
The reason we cannot
Allow Texas & Florida
To continue closing
School libraries and
Firing school librarians.
Reading gives wings to
Children's dreams.
Libraries give learners
Places to soar.
Comments
They do it. We complain. Let’s do better.
How about this? We got out in front of the arguments and make them deal with us. The days of they do first, we respond next, should end.
Legislators.
PTA.
Dept. of Education.
Teacher organizations.
Taxpayer lawsuits.
WOKE —> An evolved sense of Being refers to a person who is at peace with him/herself, grateful for blessings, aware of frailties, and . . .
An educated class of Americans is a rest threat to their POWER ‼️
Texas has become a realm ruled by utmost cruelty.
And even now...!
However.... And I hate to say this because it might be misunderstood, but it is an actual fact.... Most of the ones I met were not of the White variety.
When I was a child they saved me, gave me a warm place to stay when home was not.
When I was a teen they saved me again opening my eyes to a big world.
As an adult I am beyond grateful.
The answer is 📚📖📘📗📕
Closing libraries and firing librarians crushes imagination, narrows perspective and standardizes ignorance. It’s societal suicide.
It reminds me of what started happening to middle easterners and Muslims after 9/11. While the country was celebrating unity, parading around with flags, there were innocent families being harassed and accused of being terrorists
I think this must frighten conservatives
They probably see things in themselves that they were taught to repress or punish in others
I have always written poems etc for my own enjoyment.
At least half of them rhyme.
I occasionally post one... Previously on Twitter... And now here.
Here is a very short one
God grant me the courage
To always be
Intolerant of
Hypocrisy.
Sung to the tune of The Wall
We don't need no Trump protection
We don't need no womb control
No hate speech in the oval office
Donald, leave our bods alone
DONALD! Leave our bods alone
All we are is just a uterus with two legs
All we are is just the uterus with two legs
I know, I Are one!
🔥POWer!🔥🌎🌍🕊️🦅❣️
In my opinion, it would make them go up. Remember, I am a retired Texas teacher. I know whereof I speak.
I know a lot about these tests. What they are supposed to do, and what they really do. I was in that battlefield for many years as a teacher. Those tests can be designed to get whatever result the establishment wants. They reward narrow-mindedness and intolerance.
We grow from it in so many ways - mentally and emotionally
In short, it gets us to the point where we meet, understand, and even like those who are different from us. It encourages
appreciation of diversity.
Keep forgetting
That libraries
Also hold
Bibles.
Maybe they remember
But don't want students
To read the Bible, either,
At least not by themselves.
Kids might read what
Jesus actually said
And know their parents
Aren't really
Following Jesus.
"The California Department of Education reported that only about 9 percent of California schools have a credentialed teacher librarian, full or part-time. Most work in high schools."
Maybe some of the librarians fired in other states can find jobs in California.
I mean this. Sincerely... I really want to know...
Has California actually eliminated any school libraries?
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/02/ihwc-d02.html
In Texas, the state has turned library space into disciplinary centers.
I would not have survived... At least emotionally or mentally...
Without both the school and the public libraries.
Books became my escape hatch... And led to my actual escape via scholarship to college.