Comments on: Books for boys http://www.joannejacobs.com/2009/07/books-for-boys-2/ Free-linking and thinking on education by Joanne Jacobs Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:11:16 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Inquirer http://www.joannejacobs.com/2009/07/books-for-boys-2/comment-page-1/#comment-98154 Inquirer Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:24:37 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/?p=10126#comment-98154 I read the article and I think they have it wrong. In my opinion the problem is not that the books aren't out there. I think the problem is that we expect less of the boys and they meet those expectations. I will never forget the day my son came home with a choice from the library, selected just for him by the librarian ... Captain Underpants. This for a boy who had already finished The Chronicles of Narnia (in their original order he likes to say). I personally returned that book to the library and suggested if the librarian needed help in the library during my son's library time, I would be more than happy to come and volunteer (she never did call). Why aren't we reading to our boys like we read to our girls? Why can't we send our boys off with adventure classics and show them that classic does not mean boring? Why don't we have mother/son book clubs just like we have mother/daughter book clubs? Why don't you take your son to a book signing? I don't think the problem is a lack of books for boys. (But go ahead and bring them on ... if they are good we will read them.) I think the problem is that we read less with our boys and expect less of them. Let's be honest, the problem starts at home. I read the article and I think they have it wrong. In my opinion the problem is not that the books aren’t out there. I think the problem is that we expect less of the boys and they meet those expectations. I will never forget the day my son came home with a choice from the library, selected just for him by the librarian … Captain Underpants. This for a boy who had already finished The Chronicles of Narnia (in their original order he likes to say). I personally returned that book to the library and suggested if the librarian needed help in the library during my son’s library time, I would be more than happy to come and volunteer (she never did call).

Why aren’t we reading to our boys like we read to our girls? Why can’t we send our boys off with adventure classics and show them that classic does not mean boring? Why don’t we have mother/son book clubs just like we have mother/daughter book clubs? Why don’t you take your son to a book signing?

I don’t think the problem is a lack of books for boys. (But go ahead and bring them on … if they are good we will read them.) I think the problem is that we read less with our boys and expect less of them. Let’s be honest, the problem starts at home.

]]> By: Ragnarok http://www.joannejacobs.com/2009/07/books-for-boys-2/comment-page-1/#comment-98147 Ragnarok Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:56:14 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/?p=10126#comment-98147 And people wonder why there ain't no discipline at school? With air-heads like Ms. Rustamova pandering to a group of "disaffected" boys, we can expect great things. And people wonder why there ain’t no discipline at school? With air-heads like Ms. Rustamova pandering to a group of “disaffected” boys, we can expect great things.

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