What's Happening, Etc . . .

"The Whole Child", meaning "not just a score". Our focus this year is a commitment to providing meaningful and impactful professional development/training opportunities in the area of human diversity. I have been chosen to be a part of this and am looking forward to what our presenter has to teach us. He has been meeting with us in small meetings since school started. I've learned
some fascinating things already, a lot to think about and how we identify ourselves and our students. I am glad that the system is taking initiative with this.
Graphic Novels . . . you were unclear as to what I meant last week when I ended with "enough said". When writing last week, I felt that I continued to harp on the fact that I don't like the graphic novels. I am comfortable in saying that is where I am with them right now, but I didn't want to keep on and on with what I didn't like about them, so I just ended it like that. I did sign up for the webinar with you and Dr. Becnel. I "want" to like graphic novels, or should I say that I want to understand what others really, really like about them! I think that is very important in the position that I am in. I do enjoy them on an elementary level and can definitely explain the benefits of graphic novels when teachers or parents question them. I look forward to expanding my horizon in the area of graphic novels.z

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  1. Dr. MoeSeptember 17, 2019 at 12:31 PM

    Thanks Cheryl. To be clear, I don't think we all need to like graphic novels. What I hope for librarians is that we can respect that there are people who do love them, just like audiobooks, just like traditional novels. You sound very open to that idea!

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