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Originally Posted by anamardoll
Which is precisely WHY a well-stocked school library is essential for students. Because since the kid is going to the school ANYWAY, they can read (on the sly) books that Mom and Dad might not find appropriate. And thus do we become individuals instead of carbon copies of our parents! 
At least that's how it worked for me... |
On a semi-related side-note:
When I was a child (11 or 12), I had a run-in with an over-zealous librarian who wouldn't allow me to check-out books from the "adult" section and would constantly steer me back into juvenile kiddie-land. She became my arch-nemesis. I wasn't trying to be difficult... my reading level and comprehension skills just happened to be above most kids my age, so I was bored with juvenile books. I read
a lot (don't worry, my reading and comprehension slowed down later to the point where kids my own age caught and passed me
). This went on for the better part of a year. Exasperated, I finally took it to my parents (as a last resort; fully expecting them to side with the establishment) who surprised me by promptly going to speak to that librarian.
Both of my parents... without the slightest hesitation on their part. They informed her and all the others that I was not to be restricted in any way (with regard to what books I wanted to check out). I've never been more proud of my parents than at that moment. They had given me the keys to the kingdom!
At the time... the school library and the public library were one and the same (yeah, the town was THAT small).
Sorry, I know that was pretty much off-topic (not to mention tl;dr), but anamardoll's post jogged my memory.
