We stop in at the Minneapolis community libraries frequently, in order to support B's film addiction.
Yesterday, at a nearby branch, there was an act of resistance in progress. A bunch of the younger kids (pre high school) had been told that the computers were off limits, because earlier, some unknown teenagers had defaced two computer chairs. Until they 'fess up (and presumably make restitution), there will be no computers for kids.
(Reminds me of school days, when the whole class got punished for the cutups of one or two. I suppose this is supposed to build pressure on the wrongdoers, but all it ever did for me was build solidarity with my classmates against the Regime.)
Anyways, there was a cluster of kids - boys and girls, blacks and whites - who were waiting patiently to see "the manager" (meaning the head librarian, but naturally they've learned the lingo of consumerism so "manager" is what they know) in order to make their case that they shouldn't be punished for the actions of teenagers they don't even know. They were quiet and patient, and very well-spoken about their reasoning. Good for them, I say!
Posted by otto0114 at March 9, 2007 03:57 PM