“Stuff Some Adults Don’t Want You to Read” at Langley

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Anonymous wrote:Of course it was at Langley. At any other high school in this region, parents would be applauding the librarian, but the rich white bored moms at Langley are outraged. Too many similarities to Loudon families.

I am a Langley parent and I don’t think most Langley parents care one way or the other about the sign. As my daughter said when I asked her what the sign said, “I don’t even go to the library so I don’t know what you are talking about.” LOL. I believe this issue came from a Cooper parent during a rising 9th grader parent meeting. I believe (but I’m not 100% sure) that this parent is the same one who took her kids to Fortestville Elementary on the Tuesday after Youngkin issued his mask Executive Order and demanded her kids go maskless, then filmed herself ranting about the injustice of it all when the school denied her request. Now she’s doing this with the book issue. I wonder what will come next?

The majority of parents at Langley had no issue with this. It’s a small group of women, including this one mentioned that come up
Owith this shit. This one at Forestville didn’t act alone, there was a Langley parent who helped and together they spew all this anti-masking, anti-vaccine shit and it’s all because they can’t get over the fact Trump lost!

This unhinged vocal minority of parents is tearing apart our community for their own political goals. I really hope the majority of reasonable people shows up soon.

DP. I hate to break it to you, but the unhinged vocal minority are those who are gleeful that our public school libraries see nothing wrong with providing kids graphically sexual books. The majority of reasonable people are those who are simply asking to keep those books out of the schools. You can still bring your kids to public libraries and make sure they get their fair share of graphic sex.

No, honey, YOU are the minority in the school district. I know you think otherwise, since All Your Privileged Friends agree with you and you live in a self-created echo chamber, but You. Are. Wrong.

Oh, the irony! So incredibly deluded. You clearly learned nothing from Youngkin's win, and will continue to bury your head in the sand this November. Good luck to you! You'll need it.

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Anonymous wrote:Totally agree. It is outrageous that the principal cowered in the face of this manufactured controversy and threw the librarian under the bus.

Actually, the principal stood up to the librarian - and the wacko LWNJ parents like you - and apologized. Good for her.

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Anonymous wrote:Totally agree. It is outrageous that the principal cowered in the face of this manufactured controversy and threw the librarian under the bus.

The principal took ownership. She did not throw anyone under the bus.

DP. The principal didn’t put up the sign. Calling it poor judgment was absolutely throwing the librarian under the bus.

DP. It was poor judgment. The principal didn't have anything to do with the librarian's poor decision. That's not "throwing the librarian under the bus." It was the librarian's fault. Deal with it.

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Anonymous wrote:Joe Rogan has published a couple books. Were the librarians displaying those in the same section? How would that make OP feel?

Librarians curate their collections based on the merit of the work, whether it has at least two reputable professional reviews, whether it complements the curriculum, or whether it serves a need of the school population. Seems unlikely that Joe Rogan books would fit the bill. But no, I would not be outraged if they were in a library collection if there was student demand for them and they were useful.

DP. Your entire post is simply trying to weasel out of a clear answer. What a joke.

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Anonymous wrote:It wasn’t just the principal. The Region 1 superintendent (Doug Tyson) issued a separate apology as well. It’s just sad they feel the need to apologize for looking for creative ways to encourage kids to read.

There are many, many other ways to better encourage folks to read than this. C'mon - be better.

I literally don’t see any problem at all with the display. What are your issues with it, specifically?

Kids always get curious when they realize the parents don't want them to see something or do something. So, it seems the school played with kids "curiosity" to actually encourage them to read those books. Why encourage books that have sexual content? There are many more appropriate books that a school can encourage kids to read.

I am very disappointed with Langley that they played with kids psyche like that. I am not a parent there, but if I was, I would raise my voice. This is not a political issue, it is an educational scandal.

I totally agree - but it was one librarian who did this. Not school sanctioned at all. And there are many parents who are upset about it, not just a “vocal few,” as these posters would have you believe.

I don’t believe for a minute that any more than a handful of real parents are even slightly bothered by it. It’s simply the right wing outrage machine kicking into gear over absolutely nothing.

Right, right. See you at the polls this fall. Maybe by then you'll have gotten out of your echo chamber a bit.

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Anonymous wrote:Why do some teachers and librarians want students to read Gender Queer so badly?

Why would you even think this? Do you honestly think there is a cabal of school librarians who are promoting a don’t-change-your-sanitary napkin lifestyle to children? Or do they have stuck in strap on dildo companies? Or do they want everyone to question their gender? You seriously think this?

The job of a librarian is, in part, to promote the books in their collection. All of them.

DP. The fact that you think it was - in any way - appropriate for FCPS to buy those books for their school libraries is so telling.

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Anonymous wrote:Totally agree. It is outrageous that the principal cowered in the face of this manufactured controversy and threw the librarian under the bus.

The principal took ownership. She did not throw anyone under the bus.

DP. The principal didn’t put up the sign. Calling it poor judgment was absolutely throwing the librarian under the bus.

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Pretty shitty thing to do to the librarian. Principal should have set up an additional book display at the school entry.

The sign was up for at least four days. The principal waited until there was a twitter war to remove it. It was her poor judgement to keep the sign up.

I doubt she even knew the sign was up. It wasn't until a group of 8th graders and their parents were touring the school over the weekend that this was brought to her attention.

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Looks like NBC, local Patch, Newsweek, local Fox5, etc. have all picked up this story. But, but... we were told it would never make the local news!

https://patch.com/virginia/mclean/sign-controversial-books-removed-langley-high-school
https://www.newsweek.com/school-apologizes-display-showing-books-adults-dont-want-you-read-1679670
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/controversial-sign-displayed-in-high-school-library-in-virginia/ar-AATXBhV?ocid=uxbndlbing
https://news.yahoo.com/fairfax-co-responds-controversial-sign-225423331.html

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Anonymous wrote:Joe Rogan has published a couple books. Were the librarians displaying those in the same section? How would that make OP feel?

Librarians curate their collections based on the merit of the work, whether it has at least two reputable professional reviews, whether it complements the curriculum, or whether it serves a need of the school population. Seems unlikely that Joe Rogan books would fit the bill. But no, I would not be outraged if they were in a library collection if there was student demand for them and they were useful.

DP. Your entire post is simply trying to weasel out of a clear answer. What a joke.

DP. As far as I can tell, Joe Rogan has not written a single book so this whole hypothetical is pretty dumb.

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Personally, I think the sign was unprofessional.

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Anonymous wrote:Personally, I think the sign was unprofessional.

Sorry it hurt your feewings.

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Anonymous wrote:Why do some teachers and librarians want students to read Gender Queer so badly?

Why would you even think this? Do you honestly think there is a cabal of school librarians who are promoting a don’t-change-your-sanitary napkin lifestyle to children? Or do they have stuck in strap on dildo companies? Or do they want everyone to question their gender? You seriously think this?

The job of a librarian is, in part, to promote the books in their collection. All of them.

DP. The fact that you think it was - in any way - appropriate for FCPS to buy those books for their school libraries is so telling.

You haven’t even read either book, ignoramus.

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Anonymous wrote:Why do some teachers and librarians want students to read Gender Queer so badly?

Why would you even think this? Do you honestly think there is a cabal of school librarians who are promoting a don’t-change-your-sanitary napkin lifestyle to children? Or do they have stuck in strap on dildo companies? Or do they want everyone to question their gender? You seriously think this?

The job of a librarian is, in part, to promote the books in their collection. All of them.

DP. The fact that you think it was - in any way - appropriate for FCPS to buy those books for their school libraries is so telling.

You haven’t even read either book, ignoramus.

You sure about that? You sound awfully sure of yourself.

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Anonymous wrote:This is yet another way that schools are making it an us (parents) versus them (adults in schools) mentality. Perpetuating the notion our kids, while at school, are independent and unaccountable to their parents is troubling. Or, at the worst indefensible, when "teaching" that their parents are morally wrong or "bad" because parents beliefs are counter to what is being normalized at school. I do not want to dictate what schools teach my kids, I just want schools to reiterate to our children that parents have the biggest stake in their lives. And, no matter what, their parents and what their parents provide, encourage, and instill in kids are the biggest indicators of success - not replaceable by anything a school can, nor should, do for children. Parenting is hard enough these days without having to fight and counter what adults, who are not in any way (legally, financially, emotionally) responsible for our children, are "teaching."

https://fordhaminstitute.org/national/commentary/educations-enduring-love-affair-luxury-beliefs

What values are you trying to instill in your kids that conflict with them reading Maus?

+1.And Beloved is a highly acclaimed piece of literature by a Nobel Prize winning author. High school students are old enough to know that there are some troglodytes in Tennessee trying to ban good books. Some people have tried to ban Harry Potter for promoting witchcraft. My son is 10 and I talked to him about how some people want to control what other people read using the Harry Potter example.

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List the books