I have never heard of a school without a library. Even a small rural school has a bookshelf with books the children can read. How is NOT having a library going to help with a child's literacy and overall education? Shame on Texas! Shame on Abbott!
@royroy311 ай бұрын
It's not supposed to. It's one of the many last ditch efforts the GOP is doing because they're scared. They're a trapped animal that's slowly dying.
@tomshea838211 ай бұрын
@@royroy3More efforts in the continuing war on the middle class and the efforts to turn them into an undereducated 6-dollar-an-hour drone class.
@jeffbo874811 ай бұрын
Exactly. The GOP knows they have no electoral future, so they’re going to try and forcibly indoctrinate the next generation and cling onto power just long enough for it to come into fruition.
@gerardsmulevich659411 ай бұрын
Fahrenheit 451
@walterlichtenberg984611 ай бұрын
@@gerardsmulevich6594It appears that way, doesn't it....
@DeeWeber11 ай бұрын
Librarian here. One of the things they're missing is that the library is one of the first places a child gets to choose for themselves and experience autonomy in their own education. As early as 4 and 5 a child picks out books that they chose! It's so amazing. And they are responsible to return the book. Their decisions guide their own learning! It really is magical to witness.
@RebekahCurielAlessi11 ай бұрын
God bless you, and thank you!!
@blondhairblackstrat11 ай бұрын
RWCN's hate autonomy. And education.
@Tom-qq7ov11 ай бұрын
You're exactly right. I remember my first time being taken to the library in first grade and falling in love with reading. And everything you're saying was part of that process. It's a shame that kids in Houston won't get to experience that. @deeweber
@auntbutton90511 ай бұрын
That's exactly what Republicans are afraid of. It's the educated ones and the autonomous ones who stray from the pack. They want their kids to be indoctrinated. Independent minds threaten them.
@priscillarobb64711 ай бұрын
Amen to that. Like I told my grandson that he needs to let his son experience the checking out of books and the feeling of the opening of the pages of the books than using the tablet all the time. Our great grandson needs to experience both.
@drew2c65911 ай бұрын
If you can’t see how corrupt that superintendent is then you don’t know when someone lies to you with a smile on their face. That man would rather privatize education and keep libraries (which can be safe spaces for kids to escape to with books!) inaccessible to the most disenfranchised of us all
@jetta213411 ай бұрын
It started with Abbot not the superintendent! He is just a minion looking out for his paycheck! Not interested for Hispanic and black kids! Maybe the news outlets can let us see what the real, white schools look like and what programs and libraries they have!
@katescarratt426711 ай бұрын
I don't know - he was very evasive when directly asked if he thought librarians were important. He dodged answering. So maybe he does know it's wrong.
@bizygirl111 ай бұрын
It burned me up watching him talk. I see right through him and I heard him dismiss all the questions he was asked with non-answers. I believe this by design. I know it’s dark but I feel it in my heart. They’re creating future pathways to prisons.
@PaolaBarrientos11 ай бұрын
As an immigrant kid in Houston Texas, the library was my favorite place and the librarians help me learn English. I saw the library as a place of refuge and of safety.
@ciphernine782411 ай бұрын
This is authoritarianism, pure and simple. No one has the right or authority to restrict or strip away another person's rights, liberty and freedom.
@blondhairblackstrat11 ай бұрын
When fascism comes to Texas, it will be rolling in a wheelchair and closing libraries.
@girlsrnotwimps11 ай бұрын
And yet they are
@francismarion640011 ай бұрын
Democrats will defend those unions to the death, even if it means kids cannot read after high-school.
@scarehalo511 ай бұрын
Unfortunately Republicans don't and won't care. they already banned phones alright in Florida schools, a violation of both the 1st and 4th amendments, plus it conflicts with rulings saying a Phone is technically protected by the first amendment but yeah, they don't care. Yes, phones should not and cannot distract a student during class time but an outright ban violates students constitutional rights, that are not given up because we enter a school, nor because we are under 18. Then they go and do this stupid 10 commandments bill that passed the Texas house and senate which also violates the 1st amendment "Freedom of religion" and establishment clause but no one has lifted a finger. They play by their own rules, laws, and republican constitution.
@scarehalo511 ай бұрын
Plus, It violates the supremacy clause of states being obligated to align with federal law. If state law conflicts, it must forego its own law and adhere to what the federal government has set precedent and in legislation. Until people are sued and things are stuck down, it won't change. People need to properly give a whooping to these Republican to set them back in their place and off the power trip.
@yeahaboutthatthough365611 ай бұрын
It's almost like they want the "bad" kids to hate learning. And honestly, as a black mother, I know exactly which kids aren't given the benefit of the doubt in disciplinary situations, more often than others. Planting a seed of disdain for libraries is the last thing some of our kids need germinating in their hearts. This is completely vile.
@Anne--Marie11 ай бұрын
They have targeted non white children because they know that a lack of education leads to prison. Literally.
@Julia-lk8jn11 ай бұрын
I hope I'm not being tactless , but this obvious strategy to make libraries distasteful throws me right back to Frederick Douglas: In his biography, he describes a tradition of 'one week of freedom' on plantations: a period where slaves didn't have their usual work load and were very much encouraged to enjoy the freedom of drinking themselves blind. By the end of that period, they'd be filthy, thoroughly hungover from all that 'freedom' and near relieved to return to work. It's a master piece of gas-lighting before gas-lighting was even a word. And now this anti-democratic ursurper teaches children that libraries are were you're being sent for punishment, places where you're glad to get out again. That's what knowledge does to you: impossible to see one without seeing the shadow of the other.
@ld351111 ай бұрын
Yes 💯 but the old white male billionaires want fascism and slave labor. That's where we are heading.
@sidgarrett724711 ай бұрын
I hope that any hint that the room was once a library is removed and since “they “ don’t want the children to have books they (the children & parents) make a beeline to the nearest public library or bookstore!
@Julia-lk8jn11 ай бұрын
@@sidgarrett7247 those children who have the good fortune to have been taught a live of books by their parents probably will, making me wonder if public libraries are next on MM's to-do list . For those children who aren't that lucky, a welcoming library with a friendly, caring librarian can make all the difference, and that's clearly why they are being taken away. There's no other point to this. _"If you really want to improve the life of 'the people' , just build a large library."_ Sir Terry Pratchett
@ClayDress11 ай бұрын
As someone with dyslexia, I had a lot of teachers just consider me dumb, cause I couldn't finish tests on time and I read books really slowly. If the only introduction I had to reading was all those assignments I failed, I would have hated it. But time spent in the library is time when you're surrounded by books and free to read whatever you want. Not being timed or worried about class credit, you could just have fun. I can't believe schools are having their libraries takes away for punishment centers. Kids doing poorly in school shouldn't be disciplined, they should be helped, so that their creativity and curiosity are kindled to support their academics.
@michaelaclark365711 ай бұрын
As a very highly functional dyslexic I agree with everything you say , I feel very sorry for the children of America 😢
@karenmayse37811 ай бұрын
As someone who is also in a blue city in a red state, I support and emphasize Houston. I work for the school district, and the state hasn't met their legal requirements for SPED funding in the 8 years I've worked here. They want people to feel alone and hopeless. We all need to vote and get rid of these awful representatives. Good luck and all my love, Houston.
@tylerprice696411 ай бұрын
good luck in your city as well. Everything is so gerrymandered here in Houston we don’t really see a light anymore. .
@gamepapa121111 ай бұрын
As a teacher, this is infuriating. The business bros and their political cronies have made no effort to hide it anymore: they need obedient worker drones, and you can't have obedient worker drones when people are smart.
@carlyar528111 ай бұрын
Exactly! This is about systematically holding down an entire generation. They are being targeted when they are most impressionable, so that these children internalize that they aren’t worth having nice things like libraries and books. They will grow up into adults who won’t fight for what they deserve because they never got what they deserved when they were kids.
@hokieduck11 ай бұрын
When people are educated, not when people are smart. Many people are smart without education, but education enlightens, gives power, and is the only real equalizer. THAT is why the right wing wants to tear it down. They want entitlement not equality.
@jamesbarnes383211 ай бұрын
Might as well go ahead and say it. They want to enslave people to the tasks that they want filled.
@BunnyLang11 ай бұрын
Exactly. Our kids, in some states, are coming up under a system of totalitarians.
@BunnyLang11 ай бұрын
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@judylapierre808311 ай бұрын
I was a teacher for 37 years. This is the worst form of education I have ever heard of. Shame on you Texas.😡
@hokieduck11 ай бұрын
On so many levels.
@90klh11 ай бұрын
It's getting bad in a lot of places - it IS time to raise the alarm
@allanhwhite.kineticmobiles11 ай бұрын
@@neeldani7450, Can you think of a real comment?
@allanhwhite.kineticmobiles11 ай бұрын
@@neeldani7450 , Is the your attempt at an actual comment? Did you somehow miss the reality that this post is about Texas libraries??
@kaiza646711 ай бұрын
@@neeldani7450 This story had nothing to do with trans people or "eroticism", and yet that's the first thing your mind goes to. 😂 Goes to show which side is the ones obsessed with gender studies and "sexualizing children" lol
@hard_living11 ай бұрын
I was at the library EVERY day growing up in the school system. I cannot imagine what my life would be without that thirst for reading. What they are depriving these kids... it's so tragic.
@kismetcaffet986211 ай бұрын
I grew up in and went to Houston public schools. At every single school I went to (elementary through high) my favourite teacher was always the school librarian. They were always true educators who encouraged us to learn more about anything I or any of my classmates showed interest in. At the library, it wasn't about what grade we were in or how old we were - the librarian was a mystical keeper of knowledge, a seasoned storyteller who aggressively, but lovingly shared their obsession with books to anyone and everyone who listened. If they want to increase their test scores, they need to hire more librarians. Real ones who understand that you can motivate the "bad kids" to follow the rules by simply keeping them engaged with interesting subject matter or by finding interesting ways to present dry topics. Teaching kids to love learning is the easiest and most effective way to increase test scores. A library is the best and safest place to cultivate that love, not a structured classroom or "discipline area."
@MisterKallo11 ай бұрын
Mike Miles is a master at dodging questions, fire this man and rehire the librarians back.
@elainedaprano913011 ай бұрын
I wanted to snack him! 😠
@hog720311 ай бұрын
I noticed that also. Couldn't give a straight answer to anything. Sure sign of a major liar.
@pinkfrost547011 ай бұрын
@@neeldani7450 Weird. Your statement is really weird. You see the world through pretty gross lenses.
@theborg263811 ай бұрын
@@neeldani7450 What is your problem with seksuality? Why do want to force your problems onto children learning about the world? Don't you want to give them freedom and choice or rather force your worldview onto them? That is nothing else but indoctrination.
@neeldani745011 ай бұрын
@@theborg2638 Children don't get freedom of choice. It is parents' will until they are 18 years old. DUH!!!
@MiguelTrujillo111 ай бұрын
This is the WORST outcome I have every seen as it relates to teaching children. Removing libraries and librarians is an unspeakably bad idea.
@RebekahCurielAlessi11 ай бұрын
And that librarian loves the children. Love is the currency of enlightenment, of true learning, of education. 📚
@francismarion640011 ай бұрын
The schools are failing
@billsoderholm312511 ай бұрын
School are not failing. We have purposefully devalued education in the interest of cheaper labor and greater corporate profits.@@francismarion6400
@TheRealBlueValhalla11 ай бұрын
@@francismarion6400 because of Republican policies designed to destroy education
@deekang624411 ай бұрын
@@francismarion6400And were improving. A “B” rating is pretty good. And where are the studies about how removing a library improves education? I’ve certainly never heard of it.
@sciencemama680111 ай бұрын
God that's so heartbreaking! The message: "That kids shouldn't read. Or that kids like *us* shouldn't read."
@alexandraw.401211 ай бұрын
This would have destroyed me as a child. It is insane. How can they do this?! ☹️ WHY would they do this?!
@emilyfeagin267311 ай бұрын
You nailed it To destroy children the racist in TX don’t see any value in
@t.k302511 ай бұрын
It is control. Vote these people out, demand your taxes be used for knowledge not ignorance.
@debabbott442911 ай бұрын
To be clear, vote these REPUBLICANS out. Donate, volunteer to get out the vote, and vote for the Democrats. @@t.k3025
@mairirose584311 ай бұрын
As a teacher this is appalling. I’m glad I don’t teach there. If I did teach there my family would be looking to move ASAP. This country, led by Florida and Texas is on a fast track BACKWARDS. These are despicable people.
@ecclairmayo415311 ай бұрын
Thank you for your service! I agree as well it's just ridiculous not to have a library. I understand needing ISS for kids who are disruptive and need a "timeout", but they fail to realize that a library is where lots of people go to find their "timeout" in a quiet, orderly and peaceful environment away from disorder or bullies and surrounded by books and librarians.
@rr7firefly11 ай бұрын
Abbott is one despicable creep. DeSantis is another despicable creep. Both Abbott and DeSantis are examples of the worst people rising to top positions of power. There they can inflict their stupidity on everyone else.
@FunFilmFare11 ай бұрын
Thankfully Florida and Texas are only 2 very small parts of the USA. Hopefully other states won't follow their lead.
@howardkerr817411 ай бұрын
@@FunFilmFare You can be sure other Republican controlled states are watching this and contemplating the same moves. Not being "FIRST" will take the heat off them.
@Ourladyrules11 ай бұрын
Amen and we thank you for your service 💯🙏🌺🌺🌺
@johnmclaughlin239211 ай бұрын
Are they finally turning schools into minimum security prisons?
@jennaxoxox482111 ай бұрын
Yes.
@carterfrvr11 ай бұрын
In some cases, the prisons are better staffed. Like the mom said, "even prisons have libraries."
@judyjudy412211 ай бұрын
Sure sounds like it. "Discipline centers"? Instead of LIBRARIES?
@johnmclaughlin239211 ай бұрын
@@carterfrvr So upsetting.
@debi145111 ай бұрын
@@judyjudy4122 , Fascism!.
@elishatea11 ай бұрын
In my experiences, school librarians are often the most radically kind and supportive people in the building and will fight for their students. They understand the power of knowledge and inclusivity. I have little doubt that the state of Texas realizes this too and is strategically removing them from the buildings for this exact reason.
@lyndsaybrown847111 ай бұрын
It's s appalling how people in Texas don't have access to their Constitutional Rights.
@rochelledunlap999311 ай бұрын
It's nor just Texas, this is happening all over the country. Red states need to keep people stupid so they can continue to stay in power. If you educate a child, teach them to think critically, they will start questioning those in power. Red states can't have that.
@sandgroper197011 ай бұрын
Why would they want children to read books, because books could give children ideas and ideals that are counter to Republican education programs.
@90klh11 ай бұрын
Like the Prager u video library they're gonna give them "access"to, like in Florida, THAT'S the library the republicans want - they already tried banning all the books on being black or different
@johngodley25611 ай бұрын
The Republicans want a working nation of religion infested zombies.
@amelliamendel222711 ай бұрын
Yeah they might find out the Bible's just pretend
@physicallymentallyemotiona649011 ай бұрын
Exactly!!! They want to program kids with things that are untrue like slavery being a good thing. They wan them to live in a fairytale world where every is designed to make it seem like certain atrocities never took place in this world. They are erasing history but not replacing the attituds of people who commit the watered down version of the hateful acts. This is just like when they took the Indian child's from their parents and raised in orphanages and taught them English while not teaching them their own language. They did that to take what they called savagery out of them so they could be better docile servants to work in their homes doing chores , tending crops and raising kids they took their freedom to turn them into domestic workers, some did receive higher education so they could become doctors or teachers so they could continue the same cycle that was set upon them, as they say who better to learn from than one of your own!
@Megadebt11 ай бұрын
Knowledge is power.
@dreaminginjapan11 ай бұрын
As an educator this makes my blood boil. America is just spiraling down a dark hole
@shihtzusrule911511 ай бұрын
No. We're getting pushed down it by the republican party and much like all their other ideas, this will turn out bad too. They think this is how to ensure they stay at the top.
@Joe-Dead11 ай бұрын
as an EDUCATOR you should know that ONE STATE doesn't represent the entire united states.../facepalm. here's some things you should know, states make their own laws and as long as they don't interfere with federal law (which can be challenged) or the constitution (which can also be challenged) then they can do as they wish because they were ELECTED by members of that state for the government within that state and their laws ONLY apply to that state. so your statement should have read '...texas is spiraling down a dark hole'. add florida to that statement and you have the two states with the worst educational standards in the united states promoted by their fascist/religious leaders.
@zoyadulzura749011 ай бұрын
It's heartbreaking. It's a failure on a national level that this is allowed to happen. There need to be some kind of federal-level standards to prevent states from doing such things. And there will be more red states that attempt to do something similar. People need to organize, vote, and keep this spiraling from continuing.
@jeffclaterbaugh396211 ай бұрын
I work in a rural Texas isd and we turned the library into the iss room . 10 yr old I pads , no money and no help from the State it's disrespectful to the children
@davkatjenn11 ай бұрын
It's the hellhole of Fascism.
@Yoursoul10111 ай бұрын
Wow. Discipline over libraries. Amazing. You can feel the disconnect from the supervisor and the rest of the population.
@StrangelyCrafting11 ай бұрын
This is beyond despicable. As a kid books helped me in a way both my parents and teachers couldn't, they offered a reprieve from a world that I found abrasive, chaotic and confusing. Borderline hellish. I really probably didn't wouldn't be alive today and wouldn't be someone people wanted alive. These people are creating the same problems they push every election to solve.
@carterfrvr11 ай бұрын
"Kids like us shouldn't read" - I think the young man captured it so well there. I don't think they want the kids to learn. Because if they do, they'll be able to understand the world around them and its problems and want to solve them.
@debi145111 ай бұрын
Exactly right!.
@rosex327111 ай бұрын
An excellent example: Trumpty Dumbty could easily incited the J6 terrorists to storm the US Capitol on a wimp‼️
@jmswillow596911 ай бұрын
In florida rosa parks was rewritten as a woman who wasn't black and giving up her seat wasn't about racism.
@Wonderwoman79G11 ай бұрын
@@jmswillow5969 That is shocking. DeSantis has a lot to answer for. The AA communities will never forget what he has done.
@gantzthegreat899811 ай бұрын
@@jmswillow5969 You say "A woman who wasnt black".....wow, they have a pic of her in the text you speak of, and Florida had Nothing to do with it, the publisher did it all on their own and changed it back immediately. Why must you exaggerate (lie)... for what reason?
@stillnocouch11 ай бұрын
"Kids like us shouldn't read" ... that made me sad to hear a bright young person say. Powerful reporting. 👍
@msjosieb11 ай бұрын
Turning reading back into a privilege instead of a right. 🤦🏾♀️
@evettabush343511 ай бұрын
@@msjosiebtrue! How soon before it's illegal to be literate if you're poor???
@6Haunted-Days11 ай бұрын
@@evettabush3435welllll you don't need school to learn to read...,christ.....use your brain THINK.
@rondasanders761411 ай бұрын
That statement made me sad.😢
@shannonmayer1811 ай бұрын
Omg! Education in Texas schools is going to get so bad! And it was already awful! Reading is such a big part of a child's education and mental development.😢 I remember being a little girl in elementary school. I loved reading. I loved our library. I spent so much time there, even at playtime. Other kids thought I was weird because I would rather read. However, I can say that my mind was enriched by the library, and the books. This is terrible.
@llleeeaaahhhaha11 ай бұрын
I could cry. Praying for these children.
@t.k302511 ай бұрын
That’s part of the problem it isn’t about praying, it’s about knowledge.
@JMcKey2111 ай бұрын
Let's just take a moment to realize the difference between the reaction of a librarian and the corporate charter school shill that was installed.
@johngodley25611 ай бұрын
In the future UNESCO will have to launch a plan to educate US citizens, because they have fallen behind the rest of the world.
@RebekahCurielAlessi11 ай бұрын
Golden observation.
@ayozab854011 ай бұрын
She has so much love and passion, something they don't understand the value of.
@user-nk9fe1bk4q11 ай бұрын
I worked for Mike Miles in Dallas and he was a horrible superintendent. He cut a lot of libraries in Dallas as well, big pay increases for his administrators and created pay incentives for grades. I was very happy to see him go. He also invested in Teach-America (an alternative certification program), prioritizing their hiring and if there were job cuts they were safe and let vet teachers go… all so he could make money.
@ms.keeton288411 ай бұрын
That’s terrifying!
@zoyadulzura749011 ай бұрын
People like that should be kept far, far away from the public education system.
@dbadagna11 ай бұрын
Look at all the empty shelves in the former school library in which Houston ISD superintendent Mike Miles is doing his interview! That's horrific and inexcusable, and he comes across very poorly, in my opinion. His annual salary is US$360,000.00, by the way.
@SCFLEUR11 ай бұрын
Ouu that Mike Miles is dangerous for lack of a better word/phrase. Something about him seems sinister and undermining. This is so disgusting. 🫤😡🤬
@cariwaldick489811 ай бұрын
How did I know this had to be about money?
@eagle-eye2911 ай бұрын
My small town of Newberg Oregon did the same thing where the parent rights” groups took over the school board and fired an excellent Superintendent. The voters saw what was happening and voted out the majority of the old school board. I’m sure the fight isn’t over but the voters are now aware of how fragile democracy truly is.
@vikingstorm88511 ай бұрын
Ms. Hensley hit the nail on the head when she said they are taught to pass tests, not being shown how to learn, but what to learn. The passion of Ms. Hensley about creating lifetime learners is obvious. Instead of laying her off, any intelligent superintendent would reopen all the libraries and develop and put Ms. Hensley in charge of all of them.
@FerretJohn11 ай бұрын
Apparently in Texas parents have the right to say they don't want books in their school libraries, but they don't have the right to tell the state they do want them.
@RebekahCurielAlessi11 ай бұрын
Touché.
@kingphilwill11 ай бұрын
They do..that's what voting is for sweetheart...you vote for the people who make those decisions..it's called democracy.
@dswan141811 ай бұрын
I think it's also that "parental rights" is only for *certain parents*. The same white parents outraged about a "liberal" book in the library aren't showing up to complain about the "discipline centers", because those appear to be targeted at black and Latino students. The black mothers shown speaking out in those meetings should in theory have the same "parental rights", but their voices aren't being listened to.
@kingphilwill11 ай бұрын
@dswan1418 those kids are in discipline centers for a reason, they aren't rounded up because the color.of their skin and tossed into a cell..those parents obviously don't care about their kids, otherwise they wouldn't need disciplining at school...parents who care about their kids do not rely on the government to teach their kids what's right and wrong in school..Houston school district had a huge problem with discipline and learning under the Democrat run system.
@jmswillow596911 ай бұрын
I was put in detention because in art class I drew my water glass correct. My water was clear. Because water is clear. I refused to color it blue. This is exactly the same thing on education.
@coleengoodell752311 ай бұрын
This feels like the equivalent to book banning, only under a different name. It's also discrimination if only certain schools are being targeted for this "new" concept. I do have to wonder what the salary of the guy put in charge of this is making. Pretty sure he hasn't taken a pay cut to go in and fire librarians. I'm also certain that there are other rooms that children who need to be removed from classrooms can go to. The whole thing stinks to high heaven.
@bonnieprice948211 ай бұрын
Agreed!!!
@Trump2PrisonOn34Counts11 ай бұрын
GQP cares about education. It's a threat to them.
@jamesbarnes383211 ай бұрын
In most schools, the cafeteria is empty most of the day. Seems like there are table and chairs in that area, and no books to move out of the way.
@charleselphinstone671411 ай бұрын
@@jamesbarnes3832 So just hold them prisoner in another room??
@hog720311 ай бұрын
@@charleselphinstone6714that's what they did to me back in the 70s when I acted up in school. It was called Detention. And they should have put me in there. It wasn't a prison though. It straightened me out. But they didn't remove the library, or any other course or class to do it. That's the part I don't understand. A library is an important part of an education in many ways.
@HayTatsuko11 ай бұрын
Removing libraries from an educational system is one step removed from replacing the teachers with sports coaches. And yes, I went to a segregation school (a so-called "private academy" -- almost exclusively White) in Alabama in which that exact thing happened. One year, our mathematics teacher was the baseball coach; another year, a basketball coach taught English. And as you might have guessed, we didn't learn much in either of those classes. But -- at least we DID have a good library, and a librarian who encouraged students' curiosity about all sorts of things. I imagine some parents might have been quite shocked by some of the books she kept on the shelves. It was my favorite place in the whole school and since I had to stay two hours after closing every day, I got to read just about everything in there that interested me. These right-wingers in Texas don't want Houston kids to get an education. It's all about controlling a population of The Other by keeping them under the boot of ignorance.
@Permenantlyexhaustedghost11511 ай бұрын
This is just evil. Libraries were my sanctuary as a child. I could pick out any book I wanted and get lost in imagination. Even have access to knowledge I didn’t have access to at home. To rob children of this is a sin.
@Raddiebaddie11 ай бұрын
I really feel for that mom and all of the parents and kids impacted by this. Disturbing that you could send a child to a SCHOOL without a library
@Degan100011 ай бұрын
Houston area schools scored low on reading compared to other schools. So Republicans took away the books. How does that help kid's learn?
@dr.j650611 ай бұрын
You can’t score low on a test if you don’t take the test.
@90klh11 ай бұрын
@@basketballman1854really?
@jamesricker399711 ай бұрын
It doesn't, that's the plan.
@peterpain662511 ай бұрын
@@90klh Bet he watches too much newsmaxx and faux "news" :/ Poor muppet.
@thewkovacs31611 ай бұрын
@@basketballman1854 child abusing bot
@Kontroversial8411 ай бұрын
"Even prisons have libraries." Taking the library and turning it into a discipline center almost sounds like turning it into a prison.
@thursdays_child591411 ай бұрын
This is so sad, I'm literally tearing up. All kids deserve a good school library.
@SorenPenrose11 ай бұрын
I cry at least once a week working in daycare in the middle of MAGA-land. All of the adults here are so mean to children. They think obedience is the only factor in being a good kid. It’s painful to work against that. So many kids with emotional issues. It’s exhausting. But they need me and that’s what my role in life is so as long as I live at least the children in my care have one safe space from MAGA hate-indoctrination. Exhausting but very rewarding.
@lineakristensen182111 ай бұрын
"The grades are down, let's remove the libraries!" Only in America
@kingphilwill11 ай бұрын
"The grades are down, let's keep doing the same thing".. Democrats
@jmswillow596911 ай бұрын
@@kingphilwillthat's your thoughts and prayers gqp
@kappadarwin947611 ай бұрын
@@kingphilwill Removing the school library will make test scores worst.
@trappedinamerica774011 ай бұрын
@@kingphilwillI mean we could look at the continually decreasing funding or you could go with the brain dead logic of “they have books so it must be that”
@annettemarionneauxstevenso659111 ай бұрын
FO troll.@@kingphilwill
@o.b.721711 ай бұрын
*Knowledge is power.* There's a reason why the GOP doesn't want certain people to gain knowledge.
@audimaster500011 ай бұрын
Nor own property, run/own businesses, gain wealth/power, have means to live outside of poverty, allowed opportunities, have a voice, be seen as fellow humans…ect Something about Infrahumanization
@rixrat57211 ай бұрын
Then they could understand for themselves the corruption democrats have brought to our government, remember we have a worthless corrupt president in office, the real problem is democrats
@evettabush343511 ай бұрын
Yes, indeed. And it's so they can take away our rights without us even knowing it.
@6Haunted-Days11 ай бұрын
Yea it's called LOW INCOME!!! You always ALWAYS have to make it ABOUT YOU... It's ABOUT CLASS.....a war on the poor! Got it? Get it, GOOD.
@stevenvox654911 ай бұрын
It's that it's a lot easier to for their arguments to work on stupid people.
@annabunovsky562811 ай бұрын
I’m a librarian & the library was my haven as a child. This is morally reprehensible. It’s painfully obvious that this is an effort on the GOP’s part to tear down future generations of black and Hispanic activists & leaders. People like Abbott and Miles deserve nothing but scorn and shame.
@gregmauro11311 ай бұрын
As a teacher, I’m outraged at this. I get that some students need a place to refocus, but taking away libraries is a horrible solution. It sends the message that reading isn’t important. The superintendent sounds like a used car salesman. I wouldn’t trust him as far as I could throw him.
@caitlin.616711 ай бұрын
I lived at the library when I was a kid. It was my sanctuary. I loved being surrounded by stories that allowed me to use my imagination. Books took me to different places I never knew existed and to meet characters that taught me to see different viewpoints. I can't imagine a child not even having a chance to experience that. It's just really sad that it has come to this.
@aliciachristopher650611 ай бұрын
I did too when I was in school.
@evettabush343511 ай бұрын
Me too.
@zoyadulzura749011 ай бұрын
Disgusting that the kids at these schools won't have that--at least, not unless people mobilize and do something to fix this.
@dbadagna11 ай бұрын
Look at all the empty shelves in the former school library in which Houston ISD superintendent Mike Miles is doing his interview! That's horrific and inexcusable, and he comes across very poorly, in my opinion. His annual salary is US$360,000.00, by the way.
@allenlovell160411 ай бұрын
It was my refuge in high school and college as well from the bullying that I had to endure !
@banksiasong11 ай бұрын
"Even prisons have libraries ..."
@blindkimberly136011 ай бұрын
My heart hurts for our children.
@mdiaz466911 ай бұрын
My school has no library. They got rid of it quietly during remodeling and eventually gave us a media center, which is just a big room where students can bring in their chromebooks and do their work. That is NOT a media center. In fact, I don't think any of the schools in the district have libraries. We're a small district in California.
@smc13011 ай бұрын
Anyone else think of DeSantis when they saw this? Abbott has become an ruling authoritarian, almost a jailer. As a Texas Democrat I detest these Republican tyrants!
@aaronalegria123911 ай бұрын
Detest away
@LadyElizondo11 ай бұрын
Abbott is eying a run for the White House in 2028. If DeSantis is still politically relevant, I can see the two of them on the same ticket.
@virginiamoss704511 ай бұрын
Pack up and leave Texas for a blue state. It will be worth it. Take all your family and friends with you. You still have that freedom, you know, at least until Texas finds a way to imprison you within the state. Don't wait.
@reportmepabsnwflk11 ай бұрын
Absolutely! I have been telling people Abbott is just as bad as DeSantis, he's just not as boisterous about it.
@francismarion640011 ай бұрын
Got to address the problems
@melissaburke568211 ай бұрын
My 3rd grade daughter heard part of this & literally went “I don’t want to go to a school that doesn’t have a library.” The library is the soul of a school. It helps reinforce that spark of curiosity from your classroom & more importantly it helps ignite the imagination of far off places especially in our current world. Libraries were my safe space growing up. I grew up in small towns so I read about the world outside of my small town. Closing libraries is closing windows & doors to education not expanding education. Seriously, what was he thinking?!
@RKHageman11 ай бұрын
Good for her! Kudos.
@dbadagna11 ай бұрын
Apparently he developed a reputation for closing a lot of libraries in his former job in Dallas, and also for significantly increasing the salaries of his fellow school administrators.
@ShadowDragon868511 ай бұрын
> Closing libraries is closing windows & doors to education not expanding education. Seriously, what was he thinking?! That. That's exactly what he's thinking. This is straight-up Fascism at work; a more poorly-educated population is an easier-to-manipulate population.
@CN4547511 ай бұрын
The library is the soul of the school? Are u stuck in 1980?
@amarketing874911 ай бұрын
@@CN45475You are stuck in the Dark Ages if you don't understand how important libraries are. KEEP YOUR IGNORANT, FASCIST HANDS OFF OUR LIBRARIES!!
@Harlem1mentality11 ай бұрын
I’m black and when I was in school the library was a nice quite place, to get away from drama. We had a new updated library, where we had study groups at. We could go there during class. It really encouraged my love for reading.
@Tonia68211 ай бұрын
As a K/1st teacher of 30 years this is deplorable!
@paulomilan51511 ай бұрын
That superintendent struggled to explain his position, this is excruciating.
@brentduanefoster11 ай бұрын
Because he's 🐂💩in', that's why!!!
@elainedaprano913011 ай бұрын
He was probably ashamed.
@paulomilan51511 ай бұрын
@@elainedaprano9130 he's apart of it
@RebekahCurielAlessi11 ай бұрын
Yes, it was something like "you don't get everything you want.." ??
@johannesbruwer407211 ай бұрын
How did he get the job? His position is absurd.
@marysullivan388111 ай бұрын
It's sad that things are becoming so inhospitable. Libraries in the school where I taught were places of refuge for kids not wanting to spend recess out on a field. There were books, games and acceptance and a place to feel like you belong.
@steamnamebbderinvade__11 ай бұрын
wait, you had board games for grade schoolers? Did you have enough copies for each table? When I went to school, I think they did hint they had that, just that very few took that option.
@FlyingLibrarian111111 ай бұрын
The first step to an authoritarian state is to get rid of all the books. Texas, you better fight back.
@thebougiewineo897611 ай бұрын
I would not have survived my childhood without free school meals and the library. I then joined the AF to better my life. I don’t understand what’s happening nowadays.
@m0L3ify11 ай бұрын
"Their reading scores are too low. Let's take away the books." Genius.
@napalmholocaust909311 ай бұрын
Who needs a library that costs money when in a few years you can fill a prison that makes it?
@lisakeane438611 ай бұрын
TRUTH.
@jfkfc69111 ай бұрын
Exactly .
@damsonrhea11 ай бұрын
Pay for prisons don't make money. They steal it from the community. They're more expensive to the state in the long run than public prisons... and public prisons certainly aren't making money. It's pure corporate welfare.
@alexandradaniele11 ай бұрын
Prisons already have libraries. So you're saying POC are all gonna end up in prison?
@larendahadenart20811 ай бұрын
In elementary school I would sit in the floor of the art and fiction sections of the library and just pour over these books that I would never have even seen otherwise. I can't imagine my childhood without a library. 😢
@RickTheGeek11 ай бұрын
If you’re afraid of books changing a person’s thinking, you’re not afraid of books. You’re afraid of thinking.
@joerogain502511 ай бұрын
''Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.'' Voltaire
@andrewstevenson11811 ай бұрын
* Injustices. “Certainement qui est en droit de vous rendre absurde, est en droit de vous rendre injuste.”
@terriem392211 ай бұрын
When I was a kid, they used the cafeteria as a study hall and detention room. The punishment was missing the class. Saying he requires the library for the space doesn't make sense. He thinks you can't see through that? What about all the books? The library was a giant part of my bookworm childhood.
@dbadagna11 ай бұрын
Look at all the empty shelves in the former library in which Houston ISD superintendent Mike Miles is doing his interview!
@KUqdah11 ай бұрын
That story was so inhumane! WTH is going on in this country!? No libraries in schools??? Sounds more like the Governor & Superintendent is prepping the AA students for prison instead of college.....Parents of Houston please organize and fight this appalling ideal!
@donnaschley172311 ай бұрын
WHITE NATIONALISTS
@animegirlnamedDani11 ай бұрын
They come into school and say “oh, this is okay”. So you mean that breaking down our children’s will and desires is just as okay? What educator in their right mind would do this to children to set them up for success
@napalmholocaust909311 ай бұрын
The right to education is not protected. Let's change that.
@Shichard200611 ай бұрын
We need a Democratic supermajority that lasts several legislative sessions. Republicans will block and filibuster. Republicans will destroy EVERYTHING. NEVER reward a Republican with your vote.
@Radi0ActivSquid11 ай бұрын
I would have been devastated had this happened when I was back in school. The libraries were my favorite places. This "parental rights" movement has to be stopped. No matter the cost.
@RebekahCurielAlessi11 ай бұрын
And what about children's rights? I mean to say "yes".
@elaineisabelle42711 ай бұрын
Exactly, you can also blame The mom's of liberty.
@kappadarwin947611 ай бұрын
I agree, these "Parental rights" groups make no sense. Because these "parents" think their rights trump every other parents rights. If these "parents" have so many issues with the school they can just home school their kids.
@TinkerTaylor-zv1ml11 ай бұрын
It's typical of authoritarian groups to use the word "liberty", "freedom" or "patriot" a lot.
@letsRegulateSociopaths11 ай бұрын
the only "cost" is that those people will again have the same say so as the REST of the parents...
@tmacm223711 ай бұрын
Discipline censters? How dystopic
@mjones817611 ай бұрын
This is by design; the creation of a permanent underclass.
@loricusenza488711 ай бұрын
Literacy is the key to real education. These extremists are purposely trying to make sure these children are not truly educated. My heart hurts for the children and their parents. The job these parents are going to have trying to fill the gap in literacy, and critical thinking that is going to be neglected in their educational system will be immense.
@spencerroberts494011 ай бұрын
The Republican agenda - "Not interested in having voters equipped with critical thinking skills." This is straight up Fascism.
@truth400411 ай бұрын
They want to raise up a vile community.
@chloekey804311 ай бұрын
Uneducated Republicans, that’s their goal
@Seattle-201711 ай бұрын
Politicizing out K-12 education system; the kids always lose.
@justayoutuber190611 ай бұрын
The Taliban and the GOP share many similar views on freedom, education, and women's rights.
@moth745711 ай бұрын
I noticed that too.
@waryaawariiri181211 ай бұрын
Talibans at least call themselves _The Students_ and believe in education, just not for certain adult women.
@thinkinginTx11 ай бұрын
I think that was part of reason mangolinni gave afghanistan back to them...something they agreed on....and in comes the magaban doing the same things here.
@johngodley25611 ай бұрын
That is why the Republicans fought a war against the Taliban, to secure their number one status in oppression.
@peterpain662511 ай бұрын
The GQP really is the "American Taliban" it seems.
@user-pn7rv5me2z11 ай бұрын
Gov Abbott is deplorable
@terasesnyder162611 ай бұрын
Disgusting and disturbing
@letitiajeavons633311 ай бұрын
Students at these schools should stage sit ins and protests and demand their libraries back.
@michaeltrower74111 ай бұрын
Some tried that already.
@annramsey790711 ай бұрын
Won't work in Texas or Florida. Republican no longer means conservative it means authoritarian.
@RebekahCurielAlessi11 ай бұрын
So troubling. Librarians have played huge and positive roles in my and my child's life. Children need to be inspired and uplifted and seen, not beaten down in spirit. 🙏
@StitchingMothVibes11 ай бұрын
Mike Miles would find a library beneficial! It would teach him how not to lie, how to read statistics, how to answer questions directly, how to get along with others. I'm sure the children's section has plenty of books on his level too.
@JeremiahTrue11 ай бұрын
Our school library (MA) is part of the “specials” schedule which each group of students has access to for 6 weeks of the year. We’re not a fan of that but at least it’s something. We also make sure to visit the local library 2-3x a month because our daughter is a voracious reader and doesn’t get the access she wants in school.
@1959aak11 ай бұрын
My love of reading and libraries saved me from the loneliness and neglect of my childhood. I learned to be kind, sympathetic, and loving from books. I learned about taking care of myself and others from reading. I learned that I could educate myself by reading and it could help make me the kind of person I wanted to be instead of the type of person I was being raised to be. Texas is using the schools to control not educate.
@emilyfeagin267311 ай бұрын
Exactly.! And I question how much of my Federal tax dollars are going to fund an anti democratic state like Texas ?
@tinahalle357511 ай бұрын
Same
@kitcat830811 ай бұрын
Same.... Wonder if that's a part of why they're doing this 😢
@kickinghorse240511 ай бұрын
In other countries (in Northern Europe), they have transformed prisonss into rehabilitation centers, which offer inmates the opportunity to take classes toward degrees and counseling. This allows the inmates to enter society ready for a new life. Meanwhile in Texas, they are transforming schools into prisons.
@6Haunted-Days11 ай бұрын
Yea lots of prisons here offer college and tons of stuff. You didnt know this? They've had them FOR DECADES.
@kickinghorse240511 ай бұрын
@6Haunted-Days Yes. I taught some of the classes. In penitentiary. I helped design and test the classes. Yes. College degrees are offered as well. But these are 1) not systemic (not offered across the board in every prison), 2) not required (even if they are offered), and 3) not broad enough (not everyone is geared for a traditional degree - trade school skills with internships are often a desired option). Beyond education, offerings include counseling, life skills courses, exercise regimens, and . . . all come as a regular part of life in prison in several of the civilized nations. It's funded and participation is required by the state. Here in the US, some of these are offered some of the time in some prisons. Even then, they are often offered only when funded by a local charity or university as an "experiment" and end when funding runs out or senior staff at the prison decides on a whim to discontinue a program. There is zero uniformity on a national scale of best practices. So, your snark - albeit "cutesy" - is unhelpful and uneducated. Read up.
@judyweeks697911 ай бұрын
I am horrified that libraries have been done away with. My heart brakes for these children.. I am an avid reader and these book bans and library closings make me sick.
@suzywalsh790611 ай бұрын
This hurts my heart; this is unacceptable! This is evil.
@sabsar2911 ай бұрын
This is 1) absolutely heartbreaking and 2) a disgusting travesty!!!! Why take away libraries from the communities who need them most!!? Awful!!!!
@cybeleearth11 ай бұрын
Because they don't want these communities educated. They put in "discipline" rooms, so they can start the school to prison pipeline early. Gotta have enough criminals for the prison for profit system.
@aliciachristopher650611 ай бұрын
They don't want the kids to get educated. Reading books is power.
@simplersearchproductions11 ай бұрын
The very nature of a library is about personal responsibility, freedom of choice, awareness/respect of differences, history/heritage, rules, respectful interaction, knowledge, limits, and enormous possibilities. If you're wondering how each of those concepts manifest in a library setting, think in your mind how a library operates (a shared space/hangout, mostly quiet, borrow books, Dewey Decimal System, etc.), then just add "because there are thousands of books to choose from" after each of them. For example, library is about limits because there are thousands of books to choose from. Cheers.
@mab79011 ай бұрын
That former library looks like sensory deprivation and institutional in a depressing way. This is a punishment room. 😢
@emilyfeagin267311 ай бұрын
I’m have come to the conclusion that Texas is an entire state of Punitive Punishment
@stacywacy499511 ай бұрын
Going to the library at school is the only time some children may have access to check out books. In School Suspension already had an area and it didn't have to be placed in the school library.
@jin1311811 ай бұрын
My heart truly aches for the children of Texas...this is terrifying and it gives me even more of a reason to work make positive change in the world.
@ClarityDetermination11 ай бұрын
Even prisons have libraries.
@peterpain662511 ай бұрын
for now. :/
@mellie417411 ай бұрын
Omg! Did you guys see the kids shuffling along the yellow lines!? Remind anyone of prison discipline!??
@amethystburke978111 ай бұрын
This is hard to see and listen to in this century 😮
@randal_gibbons11 ай бұрын
Q: Our test scores are inadequate what should we do? A: get rid of the libraries.
@mommatanya111 ай бұрын
I grew up in a dirt poor, very dysfunctional white family as a child. I remember when I was in the third grade a school librarian gave us a lesson on how to pick out a good book to read. One clue she pointed out was to look for special badges on the book cover ( Caldecott, etc.). There are so many books and authors that I have discovered over my lifetime because I noticed those badges on book covers. Some books that I would have never read if it hadn't been for those little badges. That one little lesson, from one school librarian led me to so many great books that I probably would never have picked up if left to just judge by the title or cover art. And sadly, so many of those great books are now banned in many districts. Oh, yeah--I grew up to have a career as an Air Force journalist and then later to graduate with honors from college and become a Special Education teacher. I am now retired. I ache to see what has become of our schools now.
@emilyfeagin267311 ай бұрын
Thank you fir your service! Both in the military and as a teacher
@2429911 ай бұрын
Appalling is an understatement!
@8randomprettysecret811 ай бұрын
This is cruel. Taking books away from children??? Have they forgotten they were once kids at one point in their lives? The library and book fairs were some of the most memorable times of my childhood. We need more compassion in leadership. Excessive discipline does more harm than good.
@jetta213411 ай бұрын
These elected officials and powers call themselves, "pro family values, against abortion but it's ok to abort their brains and learning abilities because these kids may grow up to vote against the person I vote for!
@aprilgoffinet315911 ай бұрын
Corruption of the highest degree. How are they getting away with this
@ShannonsBibleStudy11 ай бұрын
Corrupt politicians have a choice.
@smc13011 ай бұрын
They are getting away with it because Abbott and gang are putting up barriers impeding the minority vote in Texas.
@charlottetracy397011 ай бұрын
Well, it's Texas...one of the cesspools of America. I'm so sorry for those children!
@debi145111 ай бұрын
Florida is also where Democracy went and died.
@valiizajames92511 ай бұрын
🤨🤔😔 What?!? Load of ish was the superintendent stating?
@stacyb264911 ай бұрын
Things just keep digressing. 😢
@janeenharris307411 ай бұрын
What sort of school doesn't have a library? This is truly bizarre! What makes that man say his new model works? Surely schools the world over all have a library. America has lost its way completely.
@kappadarwin947611 ай бұрын
A school that is purposely set up to fail. Abbott knows where the political headwinds are blowing so he is doing this to ensure Texas stays red which only shows how weak his grasp is on the state.
@BBroadnax11 ай бұрын
" We can't have everything we want.." A school consists of books, teachers, and students. The book is a vessel of knowledge, the teacher is a conveyor of knowledge, and the student is the recipient of knowledge. Absolutely insane that in order to help kids do better, they remove a tool to help kids learn and do better. Of course, these are adults who had the privilege of going to school with a library full of books that are making these decisions so they won't see the direct result of removing a basic fundamental of learning until it's too late.
@andromedaspark224111 ай бұрын
They took out democratically elected school board members to put this boot-licker in, & take the resources away from the children of a city they see as political enemies. There's so many alarming things happening here
@pasha4bedrocrecords11 ай бұрын
Ridiculous!!!😡 The parents & community school be outraged and take action!!!
@janalew11 ай бұрын
There’s nothing Houston can do. Houston is a blue city and harris county is a blue county. The state of Texas took over This is the citizens of Houston and harris county being punished for not voting red and not voting for Abbott. It’s all politics. The communities that encompass HISD are mostly underprivileged communities currently being gentrified.