Sean P. Connors

Evidently he has more to say about Rob Reiner.

Wait, you’re saying that people carry books around not with the intention of reading them, but as a prop to hook up?

Opting to send out rejections for grant proposals on the day before Thanksgiving is just peak academia. Truly!

And here I thought I was the only one such a thing could happen to! 😆

THIS! During @drannd.bsky.social 's #literacies chat last month, @profconnors.bsky.social asked about the lack of student voice (broadly) in a lot of censorship conversations, and now I see it EVERYWHERE. Really excited for the upcoming work Dr. David teased on this!

I just looked at the piles of books that have built up all over and realized that the only separating my house from a used book store is me throwing the front door open and welcoming in customers.

Friends! I wanted to make sure you saw that
@writinglit.bsky.social is having a #Literacies Chat Homecoming on 10/28 7PM ET. I hope you can come! *Black tie optional
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At long last, I’ve been reduced to the human embodiment of a scratching post.

Friends! I wanted to make sure you saw that the @writinglit.bsky.social is having a #Literacies Chat Homecoming on 10/28 at 7PM ET! I hope you can come! *Black tie optional
@ebonyteach.blacksky.app @nsousanis.bsky.social @readingspark.bsky.social @mahabali.bsky.social @wargojon.bsky.social

Remember when...
We considered all things Space, Place, and #literacies way back in November 2014?
How might your answers to these questions look today?

I’m looking forward to attending the #literacies homecoming.

As in dressed for a duel?

This is exactly the mindset I’m taking as well. I’m not sure people understand that there’s no returning to the the status quo. In the meantime, we just have to keep doing the work and fighting the good fight. Thanks again for the chat tonight. It was definitely cathartic.

I agree with 100%. I’ve not experienced anything quite like what I’m seeing in my career. The damage that’s being inflicted on education at all levels is frightening.

This is a hard one. As the US is not a signatory to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, and several states have had court cases that do not guarantee a right to an education--or a right to literacy--the short answer is no. They do, though, retain free speech rights in schools. #literacies

Thank you for hosting this #literacies chat. I’m grateful for the opportunity to have discussed this important topic with all of you.

Be sure to check out our latest Inquiring Minds podcast: Multimodal Authoring!
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Same, Lexi! Aetornormativity is an issue that needs to be acknowledged and accounted for more often in discussions about book banning. #literacies

This strikes a chord, Mary.

As a follow up to my previous post, it’s interesting to me that the question of whether children and teenagers have rights—including to education books
—is invariably glossed over. #literacies

In one instance, administrators at a local high school required that English teachers use only the district approved textbook. Beyond that, they’re not permitted to bring in stand alone works of fiction or allow for student choice reading.

As a follow up to my previous post, it’s interesting to me that the question of whether children and teenagers have rights—including to education books
—is invariably glossed over.

Reading this question, I couldn’t help but think of the the emphasis political operatives and think tanks place on “parental rights” and “parental choice.” This ideology is evident in arguments for school vouchers as well as efforts to remove books from libraries and classrooms.

We’ve experienced this in Arkansas. Due to concern about the potential for challenges, some teachers are electing to remove any books that could elicit pushback from parents-and in some cases, other teachers. #literacies

The only time I’ve experienced censorship on a larger scale involved a parent who sought to remove a play from our high school literature curriculum that she objected to. Initially, school administrators complied, but they reversed course due to pressure from the department.

Thank you! I’m excited for the chat. I haven’t participated in one of these since Rocket Man drove me off the platform formerly known as Twitter.

Hi all! My name is Sean Connors, and I’m an associate professor at the University of Arkansas. #literacies

I’m assuming you differentiated between unexcused, excused, and absences due to rapture in the course syllabus, so you’re probably fine.

In the 1980s, John Nerone characterized debates about literacy as being steeped in “a sense of the apocalypse.” The more things change…