My good news story today

[malaise]

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/librarian-explains-why-she-rejected-books-donated-by-melania-trump/ar-AAszTty?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=spartanntp
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- A librarian at the Cambridgeport Elementary School in Massachusetts is declining a shipment of books from first lady Melania Trump.

One school from each state was chosen by the White House to receive 10 Dr. Seuss books as part of National Read a Book Day, CBS Boston reports.

"Getting an education is perhaps the most important and wondrous opportunity of your young lives," Trump said in a letter to the children who will be receiving books.

The school's librarian, Liz Phipps Soeiro, wrote a lengthy editorial for the Horn Book's Family Reading blog explaining why her school does not need the books.

"My students have access to a school library with over nine thousand volumes and a librarian with a graduate degree in library science. Multiple studies show that schools with professionally staffed libraries improve student performance," wrote Phipps Soeiro.

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More at link

Damn these folks are light weight and silly - Thanks Liz - you made my day

[guillaumeb]

1. I read somwhere that the 10 childrens' books were from Trump's personal library of favorites.

[malaise]

2. I guess that's the depth of his reading

[guillaumeb]

3. Actually he has not read most of them.

But he intends to read them someday. Or have someone read them to him.

[greatauntoftriplets]

4. I'm surprised it was Dr. Seuss books.

Seems like Melodrama would favor titles like "How to Apply Makeup to Catch a Rich Sugar Daddy" or "Botox: Know When the Time Is Right".

[malaise]

5. Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

[greatauntoftriplets]

7. Thanks!

[ProudLib72]

8. It was a good response

However, the article states that the school reprimanded the librarian and issued a statement that the school did not stand with her. This worries me because the parents they interviewed supported her decision. So when will schools start listening to the parents and supporting their employees instead of cowering? Schools want to divorce themselves from politics, but it just ain't gonna happen.

[malaise]

10. Good point

[Weekend Warrior]

9. Do not give them an inch. Fight on all fronts.

The selected quotes are short, sweet, and discriptive. Any campaigning Democrat would be proud to have them inserted into their stump speech.