Comments on: Reading Levels vs Emotional Levels http://colepalmer.wordpress.com/2008/07/08/reading-levels-vs-emotional-levels/ Helping parents navigate today's media landscape Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:21:02 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: whayes http://colepalmer.wordpress.com/2008/07/08/reading-levels-vs-emotional-levels/#comment-6 whayes Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:21:02 +0000 http://colepalmer.wordpress.com/?p=59#comment-6 Hi Miyagisan, As Morgan's father, I don't want to over-censor her reading. A lot of books at the 5th grade level are all about the angst of being a 'tweener for which Morgan has no context or interest. I remember all too well myself how infuriating it was to be kept from the good books. I was chided back into the young adult books (e.g. children's area) on several occasions at my public library. Even after I was officially allowed into the adult section, my mother tried to censor what I was reading which failed due to her inability to keep up with my reading and her absolute lack of interest in my books (science fiction and adventure :) We'll not make those same mistakes with Morgan - it's more about helping her find books that she likes that are also at her reading level. Cheers, Wm Hi Miyagisan,

As Morgan’s father, I don’t want to over-censor her reading. A lot of books at the 5th grade level are all about the angst of being a ‘tweener for which Morgan has no context or interest.

I remember all too well myself how infuriating it was to be kept from the good books. I was chided back into the young adult books (e.g. children’s area) on several occasions at my public library. Even after I was officially allowed into the adult section, my mother tried to censor what I was reading which failed due to her inability to keep up with my reading and her absolute lack of interest in my books (science fiction and adventure :) We’ll not make those same mistakes with Morgan – it’s more about helping her find books that she likes that are also at her reading level.

Cheers,

Wm

]]> By: miyagisan http://colepalmer.wordpress.com/2008/07/08/reading-levels-vs-emotional-levels/#comment-5 miyagisan Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:54:04 +0000 http://colepalmer.wordpress.com/?p=59#comment-5 I went through this myself in elementary school. As a fifth grader reading at a 12th grade level, I quickly grew past most of the books at my school library. Luckily, they had one cart of real literature in a back room, and I found a whole new world in Agatha Christie mysteries and classic adventure books - Robinson Crusoe, 200000 Leagues Under the Sea, Treasure Island, etc. As they were much less abstract than other literature, they didn't have many inappropriate themes. I can't speak as a parent, but at that time when I picked The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn at our free RIF book fair, the school librarian made me choose another book (apparently she deemed it too advanced, either in difficulty or in subject matter). This INFURIATED me and I will always be very wary of over censoring the literature that children are allowed to read. I went through this myself in elementary school. As a fifth grader reading at a 12th grade level, I quickly grew past most of the books at my school library. Luckily, they had one cart of real literature in a back room, and I found a whole new world in Agatha Christie mysteries and classic adventure books – Robinson Crusoe, 200000 Leagues Under the Sea, Treasure Island, etc. As they were much less abstract than other literature, they didn’t have many inappropriate themes.
I can’t speak as a parent, but at that time when I picked The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn at our free RIF book fair, the school librarian made me choose another book (apparently she deemed it too advanced, either in difficulty or in subject matter). This INFURIATED me and I will always be very wary of over censoring the literature that children are allowed to read.

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