Graphic Novels
Betsie Eikenberry
I just want to make it very clear that I never said I hated graphic novels
or comic books or any other kind of book. I did not wish to start a huge
debate. I was simply looking for some answers and reassurance that what my
son chooses to read is either a) okay and that I need to further work on
letting go; or b) that I should burn every graphic novel he comes into
contact with and force him to read classic novels (that was a joke!! Please
don't think I would EVER do something like that!).
It has been great to listen to everyone's opinions and I have truly
benefited from this conversation. I even led my son to the graphic novel
section of the library the other day and let him loose. As I said before,
everyone is at a different place on their journey and everyone has different
comfort zones. I am being challenged to expand my zone and I appreciate
that. Thank you for all your responses.
Blessings,
Betsie
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Betsie Eikenberry
Senior Domestic Coordinator and
Employee Development Specialist
Eikenberry Enterprises LLC
http://andanotherthing.typepad.com/and_another_thing/
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or comic books or any other kind of book. I did not wish to start a huge
debate. I was simply looking for some answers and reassurance that what my
son chooses to read is either a) okay and that I need to further work on
letting go; or b) that I should burn every graphic novel he comes into
contact with and force him to read classic novels (that was a joke!! Please
don't think I would EVER do something like that!).
It has been great to listen to everyone's opinions and I have truly
benefited from this conversation. I even led my son to the graphic novel
section of the library the other day and let him loose. As I said before,
everyone is at a different place on their journey and everyone has different
comfort zones. I am being challenged to expand my zone and I appreciate
that. Thank you for all your responses.
Blessings,
Betsie
--
Betsie Eikenberry
Senior Domestic Coordinator and
Employee Development Specialist
Eikenberry Enterprises LLC
http://andanotherthing.typepad.com/and_another_thing/
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Ren Allen
--- In [email protected], Betsie Eikenberry
<mama251ders@...> wrote:
start a huge debate.
Don't feel responsible if a big debate ensues.:) Lists are funny like
that...none of us can predict how other's will respond to our
questions or stories and other people benefit from the
discussion/debate many times who didn't even chime in.
Back to the person who does hate graphic novels:
" I hate graphic books. I don't think they are the best choice for
think it blossoms when people are willing and able to lay their own
prejudices aside and see EVERYTHING as learning. Everything. Learning
happens because we're alive. It happens becuase we get excited about
something or interested in a thing.
If someone loves graphic novels, you will not change their minds
about it by hating them. You will cause them to trust you less with
their desires and passions.
I was very fortunate to have a mother who did not censor our reading.
Ever. She bought wads of comic books my entire life and continued
buying them when I had children of my own. She knew literature inside
and out. But her favorite was children and young adult stories. She
became a children's librarian she loved them so much and shared that
passion and joy by running storytelling and reading programs for
years.
She bought my children an amazing collection of children's stories
(which are a form of graphic books) and we continue to enjoy and read
them today. I LOVE stories that include art. When should I give this
up? I'm almost 40.
Graphic novels themselves have an amazing amount of intelligent
writing and art in them. It's pure snobbery to look at them as "low
art"...but common. I love this discussion about it between Calvin and
Hobbes: http://tinyurl.com/bfgdwb
As unschoolers, we need to be open to whatever our children love.
Because when you "hate" something your child loves, it hurts them.
Hurting children is not the goal of unschooling.
Ren
<mama251ders@...> wrote:
>novels or comic books or any other kind of book. I did not wish to
> I just want to make it very clear that I never said I hated graphic
start a huge debate.
Don't feel responsible if a big debate ensues.:) Lists are funny like
that...none of us can predict how other's will respond to our
questions or stories and other people benefit from the
discussion/debate many times who didn't even chime in.
Back to the person who does hate graphic novels:
" I hate graphic books. I don't think they are the best choice for
>>> reading.I think unschooling flourishes with open minded adults nearby. I
>> I think they totally squash the imagination."
think it blossoms when people are willing and able to lay their own
prejudices aside and see EVERYTHING as learning. Everything. Learning
happens because we're alive. It happens becuase we get excited about
something or interested in a thing.
If someone loves graphic novels, you will not change their minds
about it by hating them. You will cause them to trust you less with
their desires and passions.
I was very fortunate to have a mother who did not censor our reading.
Ever. She bought wads of comic books my entire life and continued
buying them when I had children of my own. She knew literature inside
and out. But her favorite was children and young adult stories. She
became a children's librarian she loved them so much and shared that
passion and joy by running storytelling and reading programs for
years.
She bought my children an amazing collection of children's stories
(which are a form of graphic books) and we continue to enjoy and read
them today. I LOVE stories that include art. When should I give this
up? I'm almost 40.
Graphic novels themselves have an amazing amount of intelligent
writing and art in them. It's pure snobbery to look at them as "low
art"...but common. I love this discussion about it between Calvin and
Hobbes: http://tinyurl.com/bfgdwb
As unschoolers, we need to be open to whatever our children love.
Because when you "hate" something your child loves, it hurts them.
Hurting children is not the goal of unschooling.
Ren