Posted on 09/27/2017 4:24:32 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
A Cambridge Public Schools librarian has explained why her class won't be keeping a donation of books donated by First Lady Melania Trump.
In an open letter on the book review site, Horn Book, elementary school librarian Liz Phipps Soeiro explained that her school already has thousands of books and postured that there were schools in greater need of the donation. She also took the opportunity to criticize the policies of Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos.
Soeiro criticized the choice of donated books as well.
"So, my school doesn’t have a NEED for these books. And then there’s the matter of the books themselves. You may not be aware of this, but Dr. Seuss is a bit of a cliché, a tired and worn ambassador for children’s literature," she wrote.
Soeiro continued, writing that schools in large cities are in greater need than hers in Cambrige.
"School libraries around the country are being shuttered. Cities like Philadelphia, Chicago, and Detroit are suffering through expansion, privatization, and school “choice” with no interest in outcomes of children, their families, their teachers, and their schools. Are those kids any less deserving of books simply because of circumstances beyond their control? Why not go out of your way to gift books to underfunded and underprivileged communities that continue to be marginalized and maligned by policies put in place by Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos? Why not reflect on those “high standards of excellence” beyond only what the numbers suggest? Secretary DeVos would do well to scaffold and lift schools instead of punishing them with closures and slashed budgets."
You can read the entire letter here.
What a hateful c.
Harry Potter with a goiter?
OMG! What an ugly radical Lesbian.
Lefty creatures are chronically bereft of class.
It is NOT YOUR school, it belongs to the people of the community that pays the taxes. You are depriving the children because of your hatred.
there are many people with out class. Most leftists have no class and manners.
That is part of being leftist.
It is a grown up version of tigglypuff.
http://www.hbook.com/2017/09/blogs/family-reading/dear-mrs-trump/ FULL LETTER
About Liz Phipps Soeiro
Liz Phipps Soeiro is an elementary school librarian in the Cambridge, MA, Public Schools. She is an advocate for inclusive libraries and active in her community to create spaces that are welcoming to all students.
She tweets @Cport_Special @ReflectLibrary and blogs at reflectivelibrary.blogspot.com
the leftist pig
Who’d like to tweet this twit? See above...
http://www.hbook.com/2017/09/blogs/family-reading/dear-mrs-trump-booklist/
check out the lib booklist
"Another fact that many people are unaware of is that Dr. Seuss’s illustrations are steeped in racist propaganda, caricatures, and harmful stereotypes. Open one of his books (If I Ran a Zoo or And to Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street, for example), and you’ll see the racist mockery in his art. Grace Hwang Lynch’s School Library Journal article, “Is the Cat in the Hat Racist? Read Across America Shifts Away from Dr. Seuss and Toward Diverse Books,” reports on Katie Ishizuka’s work analyzing the minstrel characteristics and trope nature of Seuss’s characters. Scholar Philip Nel’s new book, Was the Cat in the Hat Black? The Hidden Racism of Children’s Literature, and the Need for Diverse Books, further explores and shines a spotlight on the systemic racism and oppression in education and literature."
Evil has no class.
Please post a warning before posting butt ugly pictures. Thank you
hate to meet her in a dark alley
Harry Potters sister?
Dr. Seuss was about as Lefty as they come.
What a loser bitch.
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