encounter with a fundie homeschooler today - just sharing

[GUBU]

So, I work in a rather unusual library.  It's State-funded educational materials.  We rarely see patrons - we usually ship things out. But there was a meeting on campus, so I had more guests than usual.
  A woman comes in with her three kids. The kids are home-schooled.  She starts in by saying that her 9-year-old needs books to read.  GOOD books.  She's looking for wholesome, Christian stories. She proceeded to tell me that most of the new young adult books are filthy - just filthy.  When she stopped to breathe, I told her that we don't categorize fiction (other than western, fantasy, science fiction - and I got the death stare at "science fiction"  ) but that we have a huge collection of literary classics.  That apparently made her happy.  She checked out quite a few books.

Then she asked how she can get books shipped to her. I showed her how to search the online catalog. She didn't like it, she wants to keep her kids away from computers and the internet.  I got gutsy and told her that literacy now means computer literacy - and that her kids probably won't be able to get jobs or college degrees without it.  She bristled at this, but I quickly pulled up a list of Christian computing/parenting websites.  She liked the list of Christian kid sites and "how to set restrictions" section. <sigh>  

She was visiting from Topeka, KS.  I think a tattooed lesbian atheist just helped a Westboro Baptist Church fundie find books for her kids.    

Did you manage to put in any books which would cause a guerilla deconversion?

[GUBU]

"Thank you for this bounty, RNGesus"

Well back in my Civ 4 days, I was a strong practitioner in the rites of RNG as a high priest.

[drfuzzy]

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So, I work in a rather unusual library.  It's State-funded educational materials.  We rarely see patrons - we usually ship things out. But there was a meeting on campus, so I had more guests than usual.
  A woman comes in with her three kids. The kids are home-schooled.  She starts in by saying that her 9-year-old needs books to read.  GOOD books.  She's looking for wholesome, Christian stories. She proceeded to tell me that most of the new young adult books are filthy - just filthy.  When she stopped to breathe, I told her that we don't categorize fiction (other than western, fantasy, science fiction - and I got the death stare at "science fiction"  ) but that we have a huge collection of literary classics.  That apparently made her happy.  She checked out quite a few books.

Then she asked how she can get books shipped to her. I showed her how to search the online catalog. She didn't like it, she wants to keep her kids away from computers and the internet.  I got gutsy and told her that literacy now means computer literacy - and that her kids probably won't be able to get jobs or college degrees without it.  She bristled at this, but I quickly pulled up a list of Christian computing/parenting websites.  She liked the list of Christian kid sites and "how to set restrictions" section. <sigh>  

She was visiting from Topeka, KS.  I think a tattooed lesbian atheist just helped a Westboro Baptist Church fundie find books for her kids.     :  

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Did you manage to put in any books which would cause a guerilla deconversion?  

Are you kidding?  The girl was right there with her, and didn't even pull one book off of the shelf to ask if it was ok.  Mama chose all the books.

[GUBU]

Did you manage to put in any books which would cause a guerilla deconversion?  

Are you kidding?  The girl was right there with her, and didn't even pull one book off of the shelf to ask if it was ok.  Mama chose all the books.

I'd have lied my arse off "yeah this book by Philip Pullman is all about the trials of Jesus"; "Well then why didn't he talk about Jesus?"; "You see Mr Pullman is English, and they banned all mention of our lord and saviour in literature, so he had to use metapho and allegory"