tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19984927.post115215436271079796..comments2023-06-29T07:14:09.415-04:00Comments on Notes from the Reserve: The Curious Incident of Book BanningTim Ebyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02718545428234041773noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19984927.post-55094149264294145292007-05-12T09:20:00.000-04:002007-05-12T09:20:00.000-04:00I have no idea nor should it matter in my mind.I have no idea nor should it matter in my mind.Tim Ebyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02718545428234041773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19984927.post-66339224378907128222007-05-11T20:42:00.000-04:002007-05-11T20:42:00.000-04:00Tim, Do you think his religious affiliation has so...Tim, <BR/><BR/>Do you think his religious affiliation has something to do with his banning books, and do you know his religious affiliation? At one time there was a rumor that he was Mormon, as was the Board President, Dimon McFerson who hired him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19984927.post-1153274500154710772006-07-18T22:01:00.000-04:002006-07-18T22:01:00.000-04:00A great letter to the editor featured in This Week...A great <A HREF="http://www.thisweeknews.com/?edition=Powell&story=thisweeknews/071306/Powell/News/071306-News-187591.html" REL="nofollow">letter to the editor</A> featured in <B>This Week</B> about the book ban.Tim Ebyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02718545428234041773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19984927.post-1153101122728574842006-07-16T21:52:00.000-04:002006-07-16T21:52:00.000-04:00Since Dr. Davis has not felt compelled enough to c...Since Dr. Davis has not felt compelled enough to contact me since writing to him. I will be attending the OLSD Board of Trustees meeting on Tuesday at 6:00 PM to share my thoughts with him and the board.<BR/><BR/>It's very dissappointing that he could not take the time to respond to a constituent that wrote with concerns in a respectful manner.Tim Ebyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02718545428234041773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19984927.post-1152158722070343692006-07-06T00:05:00.000-04:002006-07-06T00:05:00.000-04:00Hi,I think that there are better books about autis...Hi,<BR/><BR/>I think that there are better books about autism, those written by autistic people. <BR/><BR/>The Haddon book is good, but I think there are better ones that don't have any foul language in them. <BR/><BR/>I like, "Not Even Wrong:" which has two different subtitles, the first one was "Adventures in Autism"... It's just a great book and has some great history and is a the true story of a couple learning about their son's autism. "Coming out Asperger" edited by Dinah Murray, has the personal stories of a bunch of people, not all have "Asperger's" contrary to the title, some are are properly diagnosed as "Autistic." <BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.autistics.org/library/booklist.html" REL="nofollow">A. Baggs is an expert on books written by autistic people, she has a list of them</A>.<BR/><BR/>I don't know if the school should have reacted that way to the book based on one person's complaint, but I'm a prude and never wanted my kids to read books with the "F" word in it while they were in school (or books with graphic descriptions of sex) and still wouldn't want them to read such books now that they are young adults. I bought "The curious incident," but I didn't read it all, partly because of the language... I don't like that kind of language... I think it was used gratuitiously in that book, too. I don't think it was necessary to the story.<BR/><BR/>Anyway... if the school wants to assign "Not Even Wrong:" the kids would get a much better idea of what autism is, but it's not as "edgy" so kids might not like it like they would "The Curious Incident"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com