BFTP: The forgetters' table - a horror story
Sunday, December 4, 2016 at 05:14AM I heard a frightening story the other dsay and it really made my skin crawl. Not the tale a Stephen King or RL Stine or Shirley Jackson tells, but the scariest kind - non-fiction.
It seems some elementary school librarians create something called the "Forgetters' Table" - a place children must sit in shame if they've forgotten to return their library book while the rest of class get new books. One child who lost a book in kindergarten was still sitting every week at the Forgetters' Table in third grade.
It's tempting to rant here. To condemn a profession. To construct a moral. But the horror can simply speak for itself.
I just hope the kid from the Forgetters' Table runs for school board or becomes a principal at this librarian's school as an adult. And that s/he hasn't forgotten.
Boo!
Reader Comments (2)
Wow! This is pretty shocking. I'm shaking my head.
Hi Deb,
Unfortunately I feel I am always preaching to the choir not the sinners in this blog. People who need to question their actions probably don't read bloggers!
All the best,
Doug