You wrote a lot in response to a short post you clearly did not read.

I don't care who you are. I care about you supporting oppression.

So your children have no idea straight couples or marriages exist at all?

1 & 2 star - I don't use these ratings, I just stop reading a book if I don't like it, and I wouldn't rate a book that I'd read only a small part of

3 stars - good book but probably wouldn't reread and would only recommend it if it perfectly fit the request

4 stars - very good book that I can see myself rereading and would readily recommend

5 stars - great book, will recommend, will purchase if I don't already own it

I rate purely on enjoyment, my enjoyment is mostly based on how good the writing is, how it affects my mental state (including negatively), and how much of a page-turner it is.

What are you reading

>The school library will only let kids check out books from “their” grade level.

This is so bizarre, I've never of such a thing!

What problems do they think they are solving with this policy?!?

I’ve always read a lot…because I love reading…but we also never had cable and never really had internet except in increments here and there. I think that definitely aided in how many books I read.

I’m definitely not one of those “phones bad…go outside” people…I can for sure see the upsides; I was just in another thread defending booktok. However, I can see how my own phone has affected my attention span…it definitely affects my reading as I’ll think of something, get on my phone, then I’ll forget about my book. Same with a show I’m watching. Up until like 2015 I didn’t have constant internet or a smart phone…so I’d have to look in a dictionary, then done, then back to the book or dvd. I was constantly thinking of posting things or looking up things because the option didn’t even exist.

I don’t want my future children to have their attention divided like that in their formative years. I know they’ll hate me…but they’re getting like jitterbug phones until they’re 18 lol.

The comparison is about hate and prejudice. I think human experience of prejudice whether it’s as a result of racism, transphobia, homophobia should be called out. Any group of people seeking justice is a closer ally to other groups seeking justice than the faces of hate and prejudice.

As a black, straight, cisgender woman, I stand in solidarity with all the people fighting for justice and equality.

I don’t think I ever had reading level restrictions growing up, but at home I read a lot of Jules Verne and HG Wells. Obviously all the symbolic and thematic content flew over my head, but I don’t remember ever having a problem actually reading it.

Kids will read just about anything if it piques their interest enough. I’m especially fond of the Canterbury Classics series, which compiles authors like the ones mentioned above into user-friendly and easy-to-read omnibuses. I read Verne and Wells through them and just last year I found one for Robert Louis Stevenson, who is another favourite.

Not one mention of Harry Potter series in the Atlantic article. This is why the kids aren't falling in love with reading.

My school was the same in 3rd grade. They wouldn’t let me check out books “above my level”…in what way could that possible be a detriment to a child? Smh. It’s insane to put these limitations on kids…even if it IS above their grasp, what can it hurt for them to leaf through?

You understand you’re commenting to first people?

I suppose you shot out your gun, with a fifty fifty chance at offending me attempting to make either a debate or an alignment with you 🤣

Do you think either are relevant to the Indians at the end of the day?

But let’s run with this section you want to pick at.

Read it.

I would have a problem with a school providing access (library) or distribution of it (class curriculum) to my ELEMENTARY aged child.

NO MATTER GAY STRAIGHT OR OTHERWISE. This is too young for my teachings.

Perhaps you didn’t catch that part so I made it larger for you.

And please clarify who is the majority for me? If you are implying Jesus Christ there are too many letters in the acronym… lbgtq+2

If you are insinuating that the first peoples of these lands and we are old my friend hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of more years older then what you may recognize as america and even call it so.

But my people have two spirits and we treated them as such for all of our existence. Two spirits are not new to us.

If you are attempting to apply Anglo logics to this indigenous woman. Please don’t. You have no idea my peoples teachings they too are older then 1491ad.

You feel me 😉

Being bored is essential to stimulate creative thought. People are basically never bored now and it's a real problem

It’s a website that removes paywalls just by putting in the url of whatever article you’re tying to read.

Elementary school? Sure.

High school? Those are basically just libraries and probably have way worse things than that.

Without even getting into the fact that actual porn is available in infinite quantities on the internet and, on average, kids are more tech-savvy than the adults trying to stop them.

> I do however believe I would have some type of feelings if a school wanted to distribute books to my elementary aged child about any sex straight gay or otherwise.

The thing is, it's everywhere in society because we're the majority.

Do your children know that sometimes men and women get married? Congratulations they've received straight indoctrination.

And if you're thinking, that doesn't count? Well, neither does most of the shit Republicans are freaking out about lately.

Literally no reason to be in school libraries.

Look, if God didn't want people milking the prostate he shouldn't have put the male g-spot there.

I think you're probably hitting on something that's true but often unsaid. Parents play a large role in facilitating their love for reading. You seem you're doing a great job. I assume many other parents are not.

As much as children having phones is an issue, I bet parent's having phones is an equally sized issue.

Best case, these nutters chill out. Worst case, we get a dystopian Equilibrium future and that's not so bad, gunkata!

> In any case, I'm still trying to figure out how including Rosa Parks violating the law that required a Black person to give up their seat to a white person in a history book is "dangerous" and "woke".

In a recent court case...

> “DeSantis' lawyers were forced by the court to define "woke." The lead lawyer described it as "The belief there are systemic injustices in American society and the need to address them."

So "it's not fair that black people have to go to back of the bus" is right about on. Of course they'd typically rather not say that part out loud and would rather motte-and-bailey fallacy it.

It is interesting and gives incite into how he became the villain in the HG books

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At one point in my elementary education we were restricted by reading levels and could only read a higher level after we took some test that showed comprehension of what we read. I'm sure someone remembers the name for this but I don't. Long story short, I read a book that was at one of the highest levels and passed the test and after that my teacher kind of shrugged and said I could read whatever I want. Limiting students is useless, especially when they're so young and their sponges are like brains.

Because parents are not teaching them to fall in love with reading. Most teachers aren't doing their job the right way because they chose the wrong profession. But it's also not for everyone, it depends on the person.

A lot of rural areas don’t have long library hours. It’s harder to pay for enough librarians to keep the place open all day.

🤣I felt like it wasted a dynamite premise!