School vs. Library
This video has popped up on a number of blogs. It is so powerful to hear a student compare the restrictions of the classroom to the freedoms students enjoy in the library. However, I couldn’t help but wonder if he would have had the same thing to say about the school library.
Have we put so many restrictions on students that they perceive the school library nothing but another classroom? How many of our students are restricted by the labels put on books indicating the reading level from which they are not supposed to stray? How many students are restricted from what they want to read because there isn’t an AR test that goes with that title?
I think it may be illustrative of how students perceive those of us in the school setting and our facilities when this student specifically sings the praises of the public library.
Public Schools and Public Libraries, YouTube
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