[Publib] Smarter than a 5th grader and the show's producers

[Dale McNeill]

Obviously the question should have been "Most libraries use Dewey numbers
for fiction."

I must also quote Miss L. Rich, a fearsome and brilliant woman who was my
high school English teacher.  She taught English was a catechism.

What is literature? was one of the questions.
"The written record of the thoughts, ideas, and ideals of humanity" was her
answer.

Regards,

Dale  (who's worked in a library that classified fiction in Dewey who who
does just that in LibraryThing...and candidate for ALA Council)



On 3/1/07, Susan Dennis <sdennis0 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> I was flipping channels last night and stopped on Are you smarter than a
> 5th grader. The question was true/false: There are Dewey numbers for
> fiction.
>
> All the kids and the contestant put false and were told it was right.
>
> I was yelling at my TV "what about the 800s." Granted not a lot of
> libraries use the 800s for fiction, but they could.
>
> Perhaps we should inundate Fox with complaints. Their news division would
> probably not take kindly to it, since they probably believe we are terrorist
> sympathizes because we aren't fond of the PATRIOT act. Perhaps silence is
> the best policy.
>
>
> Susan Dennis
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