[bksvol-discuss] Re: descriptors in synopses, was parental worning
- From: Roger Loran Bailey <rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2013 19:36:50 -0400
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Search Yahoo groups for that kind of book club. I haven't checked
myself, but they have every other kind of book discussion list, so they
should have plenty of those. Also, just about any kind of literary
discussion group you would want can be found at GoodReads.com. Anyway,I
have a hard time seeing the advantage to these check boxes when
Bookshare already provides a way for most anyone to express an opinion
about a book. That is exactly what we are talking about too, opinions.
On the metadata page for each and every book in the
Bookshare collection is a link that you can click to write a review.
Reviews are opinions. Just click that link and write your opinions all
you want.
On 4/14/2013 8:01 AM, Ann Parsons wrote:
Hi Cindy, et al,
I think that adding checkboxes may be good, but may take more time and
involve changing the online forms. I think that rather than do that,
using the NLS descriptors makes sense. NLS will place a sentence like
the below in the synopsis of its books. Contains rough language,
violence and explicit descriptions of sex. Or a variant depending on
the book. Some books just have Contains rough language. Others have
all three descriptors listed.
I firmly believe, however, that the best way to determine if a book is
inappropriate for a given minor is to ask a human being. this not only
will give a parent descriptors, but it will also lead to a discussion
of the given book. I'm for sharing books, and when you do that, you
teach discrimination, which is the whole idea behind all these
descriptors, isn't it?
I can remember reading some pretty adult books in high school. We
read Steppen Wolf and Sidartha and Crime and Punishment as well as the
Shakespeare and Steinbeck. We had to discuss the book, talk about its
theme and plot and all. We had to write essays about why we liked or
didn't like a given character, and we explored some pretty hard
concepts like Tragedy and so on. What made this possible was our
teachers who asked questions and explained hard concepts. Checkboxes
are good, but humans are better.
Hmmm, I'm wondering, would a book club for YA books be of any use?
No, I'm not volunteering to run one, I'm too busy. However, it might
be a thought.
Ann P.
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