You know, since the two interelated debates that seem to be ongoing among librarians and educators are:
1) Are books like The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing too sophisticated for teens?
(ed. note: what?!?!)
and
2) Are we alientating teen and younger readers by focusing too much on melodramatic/sophisticated novels about morality when deciding what to teach in the classroom and when giving out awards?
(ed. opinion: possibly some of them, as long as the emphasis is on the too much part of that sentence.)
The idea that teen fiction is not as morally uplifting as the average adult novel makes my head hurt.
I mean, the idea that teen fiction isn't as sophisticated as the average adult novel is annoying as well, but I can at least see where that false premise comes from. I have no idea where people got the idea that teen fiction isn't as moral as adult fiction.
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Date: 2009-06-24 10:50 pm (UTC)You know, since the two interelated debates that seem to be ongoing among librarians and educators are:
1) Are books like The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing too sophisticated for teens?
(ed. note: what?!?!)
and
2) Are we alientating teen and younger readers by focusing too much on melodramatic/sophisticated novels about morality when deciding what to teach in the classroom and when giving out awards?
(ed. opinion: possibly some of them, as long as the emphasis is on the too much part of that sentence.)
The idea that teen fiction is not as morally uplifting as the average adult novel makes my head hurt.
I mean, the idea that teen fiction isn't as sophisticated as the average adult novel is annoying as well, but I can at least see where that false premise comes from. I have no idea where people got the idea that teen fiction isn't as moral as adult fiction.
(rolls eyes)