Comments on: Truth VS Reality http://blogs.slj.com/nonfictionmatters/2011/11/25/truth-vs-reality/ A School Library Journal Blog Sun, 05 Aug 2012 22:26:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Pamela Turner http://blogs.slj.com/nonfictionmatters/2011/11/25/truth-vs-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-41661 Pamela Turner Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:46:53 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/nonfictionmatters/?p=1245#comment-41661 Occupy ALA! Occupy ALA!

]]> By: Marc Aronson http://blogs.slj.com/nonfictionmatters/2011/11/25/truth-vs-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-41503 Marc Aronson Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:19:34 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/nonfictionmatters/?p=1245#comment-41503 lobby, speak out, spread the word, get others talking -- we can change the world, why not? lobby, speak out, spread the word, get others talking — we can change the world, why not?

]]> By: Pamela Turner http://blogs.slj.com/nonfictionmatters/2011/11/25/truth-vs-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-41490 Pamela Turner Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:02:16 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/nonfictionmatters/?p=1245#comment-41490 I like "Knowledge Books" too, and agree that poetry, folk tales and drama should have their own section. Now that we have that nicely settled, can everyone else in America please follow through? Seriously, though, how would something like this be discussed and potentially acted upon? The Library of Congress or ALA or both? I like “Knowledge Books” too, and agree that poetry, folk tales and drama should have their own section. Now that we have that nicely settled, can everyone else in America please follow through?

Seriously, though, how would something like this be discussed and potentially acted upon? The Library of Congress or ALA or both?

]]> By: Marc Aronson http://blogs.slj.com/nonfictionmatters/2011/11/25/truth-vs-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-41200 Marc Aronson Mon, 28 Nov 2011 13:20:38 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/nonfictionmatters/?p=1245#comment-41200 I like Knowledge Books, though I would prefer to split off poetry and folk tales and drama and give them their own designation(s). I like Knowledge Books, though I would prefer to split off poetry and folk tales and drama and give them their own designation(s).

]]> By: Angie http://blogs.slj.com/nonfictionmatters/2011/11/25/truth-vs-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-41199 Angie Mon, 28 Nov 2011 13:11:26 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/nonfictionmatters/?p=1245#comment-41199 One of our 7th grade classes proposed calling NF "Knowledge" books. I like this term b/c it covers poetry and folk tales and all the factual topics as well. Knowledge is not always TRUE -- it's just what we know as of now. Knowledge is power -- it gives us the background we need to ask our own questions and begin our own investigations to prove Truth. One of our 7th grade classes proposed calling NF “Knowledge” books. I like this term b/c it covers poetry and folk tales and all the factual topics as well. Knowledge is not always TRUE — it’s just what we know as of now. Knowledge is power — it gives us the background we need to ask our own questions and begin our own investigations to prove Truth.

]]> By: ani http://blogs.slj.com/nonfictionmatters/2011/11/25/truth-vs-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-41105 ani Mon, 28 Nov 2011 02:14:55 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/nonfictionmatters/?p=1245#comment-41105 I always preferred to use the terms Factual and Fiction. When I first started teaching in 1980 the students used to call the books TRUE and NOT True. Not True was supposed to be fiction. I had a student turn ugly on me when I labeled "Where the Red Fern Grow" as "not true." He called me a liar and, although he was civil to me, he never again respected me. To him, the book was as true as his life. He connected to the emotional content of the book and its truth. Both truth and reality can be subjective terms, facts can also be misrepresented but they can be checked, verified and agreed upon. I always preferred to use the terms Factual and Fiction. When I first started teaching in 1980 the students used to call the books TRUE and NOT True. Not True was supposed to be fiction. I had a student turn ugly on me when I labeled “Where the Red Fern Grow” as “not true.” He called me a liar and, although he was civil to me, he never again respected me. To him, the book was as true as his life. He connected to the emotional content of the book and its truth. Both truth and reality can be subjective terms, facts can also be misrepresented but they can be checked, verified and agreed upon.

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