professornana (professornana) wrote,
professornana
professornana

First, second, third

First, a rant.

Dear teachers who bragged online about the number of books you got for "free," I need to tell you something about the hundreds of free ARCs.

1. They are not free except to you. They cost money to produce.
2. They are intended not for your classroom collection. They are produced for publicity purposes, to generate sales.
3. When you grab more than 1, it means others get ZERO..
4. i wonder how many you will read. If you picked uP 189 (one of the posts I saw had that brag), hoe long will it take you to read them before they pass along to other hand?
5. What kid did you envision when you picked the book up? Did you only take books that would be appropriate for your kids, I wonder.

I am weary of the greediness I see at conferences. Wheeled carts filled with books. Grabbing. Pushing. Shame on you. I am going home with 2 books plus a handful from my ALAN box. Theses are books I will read and then float on to other educators.

Second, a nicer rant.

If you did not stay for ALAN, you missed the BEST opportunity to meet authors, get books, network with colleagues and learn SO much about YA literature..

Third, a plea.

Make loans now for NCTE 2015.
Subscribe

  • Teaching a novel

    I know that I am more than a little bit of a curmudgeon. And as I grow older, the curmudgeon in me surfaces easily. So when I read a number of tweets…

  • Choices

    I had some plans for today. They did not involve a long dive into Houston to sit with my sister in the hospital as she recovers from surgery. After…

  • Champion CHOICE

    The author of Teach Like a Champion has a new book pubbing soon, READING RECONSIDERED. Ed Week posted an article about the new book and Doug Lemov's…

  • Post a new comment

    Error

    default userpic

    Your reply will be screened

    Your IP address will be recorded 

    When you submit the form an invisible reCAPTCHA check will be performed.
    You must follow the Privacy Policy and Google Terms of use.
  • 0 comments