Is it just the students who feel this pressure? I think adults buy into that
mindset too.
Thank you,
Lyn Anderson
Library Goddess
Brentwood Middle School
Brentwood, TN
AndersonLyn@comcast.net
"Blessed are the censors, for they shall inhibit the Earth."--Alfred E. Neuman
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From: "Gustafson, Jean" <JeanGustafson@SELAH.K12.WA.US>
> Hmmm, I interpreted Laura's comments to mean the students are feeling
> pressured to have a MySpace account and to be into gaming of some sort
> or another.
>
> Technological peer pressure, you aren't ANYBODY if you don't have
> a...cell phone/camera/computer, mp3 player, ipod, myspace account and
> whatever other techie gizmo you can think of.
>
> Not that libraries are trying to jump on ALL the bandwagons.
>
> Jean
>
> R. Jean Gustafson
> Teacher/Librarian
> Selah Jr. High
> Selah, WA 98942
> jeangustafson@selah.k12.wa.us
> http://www.selah.k12.wa.us/JHS/Gustafson/Library.cfm
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> I appreciated Laura Pearle's perceptive comment on this issue:
>
> "One thing I've noticed is that this whole issue of gaming and MySpace
> use, etc., seems to be taking on the aura of IMPERATIVE."
>
> Isn't that the truth? Having a wide range of high-interest offerings
> available through our school libraries in both physical and electronic
> form is a noble aim but DO WE HAVE TO TRY AND CO-OPT EVERYTHING?!
>
> I mean, let's see...what are kids really into now? OH! Around here
> there's been an enthusiastic increase among early teens in the use of
> dangerous household chemicals as intoxicating inhalents. Hmmnnn. Maybe I
> could harness this nascent adolescent interest for educational
> purposes... I'll have a banner made: 'Your Library: It's a gas!' Or
> maybe 'Come Huff with Us!'
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> Would it be trying too hard if I offered a free can of Reddi-Whip with
> every third item checked out?
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> Seriously, though. I think our profession has to check its own
> synecdochical tendencies, especially in the electronica department. You
> can't --and shouldn't try to-- embrace all things.
>
> Jeffrey Hastings
> School Librarian
> Highlander Way Middle School
> Howell, Michigan
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