tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post6313463557050744290..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: What are Kids Reading? Is it for Pleasure? by Savita KalhanUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-28756897476674661862017-03-07T20:33:47.506+00:002017-03-07T20:33:47.506+00:00I'm utterly horrified by this. If widespread, ...I'm utterly horrified by this. If widespread, a dreadfully worrying <br /> trend. Katherine Langrishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529700103932422873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-73429115827716563642017-03-06T11:27:53.467+00:002017-03-06T11:27:53.467+00:00Contact the SoA. At least let them know. Are you a...Contact the SoA. At least let them know. Are you a member? I recommend joining if not. Free legal advice!!DavidKThorpehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04215770376688861114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-48316735055115779572017-03-05T20:24:29.206+00:002017-03-05T20:24:29.206+00:00I hope you're right, Beth. In the school I'...I hope you're right, Beth. In the school I'm talking about, the kids have no access to the internet on their kindles, only to the pre-loaded books. The school is a very big secondary Academy school with four years of kids, up to 400 kids, using the school's kindles and nooks.Savita Kalhanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07977368691995933130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-62915197898132749792017-03-05T18:07:06.380+00:002017-03-05T18:07:06.380+00:00Speaking as a teacher, I think this must be incred...Speaking as a teacher, I think this must be incredibly rare. Most schools could not afford the equipment and would not want to waste the existing library stock. My kids read on kindles and have not been able to do so at their schools. Also, none of the schools I have been in over the past few years have allowed reading on e-readers due to fear over kids possibly sneaking in games or reading blogs or something rather than books.Beth Kemphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04182084510733977382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-5835985408808999592017-03-05T14:15:18.619+00:002017-03-05T14:15:18.619+00:00It would be a very good idea for someone to look i...It would be a very good idea for someone to look into this. It is absolutely terrible. When one of the kids told me about it, I really couldn't believe it. But it's true. A very big fuss is necessary to highlight what's going on.Savita Kalhanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07977368691995933130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-53440489608544092212017-03-05T13:51:56.413+00:002017-03-05T13:51:56.413+00:00Thanks for posting this. If it is true and widespr...Thanks for posting this. If it is true and widespread there should be a campaign against it, and it should be led by the Society of AUthors. Are they aware of this trend?DavidKThorpehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04215770376688861114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-89585835474631667092017-03-05T13:18:10.116+00:002017-03-05T13:18:10.116+00:00I remember a late and illustrious bookseller snatc...I remember a late and illustrious bookseller snatching a book from a child's hands and saying:"This isn't suitable for your age group". And books as detention punishment??? They must be mad. However, this also has to be interesting news for any out-of-print children's author who's re-published on KDP, and far too many of us are in this position.<br /> <br />As for the 'educators' - I have a little book, which shall be nameless, coming out soon with an equally nameless publisher who's gone down the incomprehensible 'Educational' route, and in which my original text has been completely strangled. The pictures will be nice, though.Enid Richemonthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17218197995089241666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-18538390306967940052017-03-05T12:37:17.240+00:002017-03-05T12:37:17.240+00:00(Sorry, I'll try my comment again!)
I don'...(Sorry, I'll try my comment again!)<br />I don't know a lot about AR etc, but I'm appalled and flabbergasted that a child should be given a detention for reading 'the wrong book' - even if it happened because only certain selected books were meant to be read during a particular reading session or lesson. Hilary Hawkeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12573780178193323715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-50619557222365534732017-03-05T12:27:34.308+00:002017-03-05T12:27:34.308+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Hilary Hawkeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12573780178193323715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-53476520427609183532017-03-05T11:19:43.100+00:002017-03-05T11:19:43.100+00:00ps. Yes, I did use words but these weren't the...ps. Yes, I did use words but these weren't the ones rampaging in my head.Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-76278007652719875372017-03-05T11:18:20.758+00:002017-03-05T11:18:20.758+00:00This makes me wordless with rage. Sounds to me lik...This makes me wordless with rage. Sounds to me like (US-led?) technology companies structuring the school practice and ideology, rather than the needs, interests and preferences of the young readers being valued. Horrid, horrid.Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-62030288599311907372017-03-05T10:50:43.870+00:002017-03-05T10:50:43.870+00:00There's a lot of terrible things going on in s...There's a lot of terrible things going on in schools at the moment around forced reading of some kind or another. AR has a lot to answer for on this. The ability to monitor kids reading through AR has lead to teachers insisting they read only AR books of a certain level, imposing set amounts of words per week, and giving detentions when they don't do their reading 'homework'. Detentions for being caught with a paperback seems a bit beyond reason, but it's of a parcel with the general policing of reading that's becoming more and more the norm.C.J.Busbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12288574235370421625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-89381567719982484162017-03-05T10:11:35.925+00:002017-03-05T10:11:35.925+00:00Banning something usually creates a desire for it ...Banning something usually creates a desire for it - so if children are forbidden to read paperbacks, or to browse in the library and choose their own books, surely that is exactly what they will do? Let's hope so.Ann Turnbullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06484265041343702129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-35313098335901570152017-03-05T10:05:08.528+00:002017-03-05T10:05:08.528+00:00I think this is beyond appalling. How on Earth can...I think this is beyond appalling. How on Earth can a school justify this behaviour? I think perhaps a word with Ofsted might be in order. Ofsted has to have some use... Detention for reading a book? Is Fahreneheit 451 pre-loaded? If not, I will personally pay for it to be added. I think there should be a major fuss about this.<br />Stroppy Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16560035800075465845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-79555198402828075702017-03-05T08:23:49.971+00:002017-03-05T08:23:49.971+00:00It sounds to me like a good idea that children sho...It sounds to me like a good idea that children should be given a selection of ebooks, but a very BAD one that they should not be allowed to read other books - is this widely the case, I wonder? It reminds me of a child I know who had only recently, and after some difficulty and delay, started to read independently - and it was the Tintin books that did the trick. But when he took one into school, they told him he shouldn't be reading comics...! I think and hope that this would not be a typical reaction.Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-16774818086319161302017-03-05T03:54:10.894+00:002017-03-05T03:54:10.894+00:00I am absolutely appalled that any child should be ...I am absolutely appalled that any child should be given a detention for reading! Don't they want children to read?catdownunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06959328192182156574noreply@blogger.com