Ndinkawerenga makalata a Kurt Vonnegut, buku lalikulu, nditakumana ndi vuto la February 1983 lomwe limafotokozera mwachidule malingaliro a Meya a Rahm Emanuel okhudza malaibulale.
Ayi, Amalume Kurt sanali kulembera Rahm, yemwe anali ndi zaka 23 kumbuyoko ndipo atangoyamba kumene bizinesi yandale. Kalata yake inali yopita kwa Charles Ray Ewick, wogwira ntchito ku Indiana State Library.
Zikuoneka kuti dera la Indiana linali losweka kwambiri moti sakanatha kugula mabuku a malaibulale ake, choncho Ewick anauza mmodzi wa antchito ake kuti alembere kalata Vonnegut - yemwe anakulira ku Indianapolis - kufunsa ngati angakhale wokoma mtima kwambiri kuti apereke. kopi ya Deadeye Dick, buku lake laposachedwapa.
Vonnegut anayankha kuti:
โNdatsatira pempholi. Popeza mabuku amalembedwa m'ma library momwe asphalt alili kumadipatimenti amisewu yayikulu, ndikuganiza kuti Indiana ikupemphanso zopereka kuchokera kwa omwe amapereka phula pamisewu yake. Kapena kodi agamula kuti phula ndi lofunika ndalama zambiri, ndipo mabuku alibe?โ
Ndimakonda kalatayo pamagawo ambiri. Chofunikira kwambiri ndichakuti zimatengera momwe akuluakulu amachitira chidwi - akale ndi pano - akuwoneka kuti ali nawo pa mabuku ndi malaibulale.
Kumbali imodzi, amadziwa kuti mabuku ndi malaibulale ali ngati broccoli: muyenera kuwakonda, ngakhale ngati simutero.
Kumbali inayi, iwo ndi chinthu chomaliza chomwe mukufuna kulipira.
Kwa Meya Emanuel, amakonda malaibulale - kapena amakonda kuwagwiritsa ntchito ngati maziko ake. misonkhano ya atolankhani.
Koma nโzachionekere kuti sakufuna kugwiritsa ntchito ndalamazo kuti alembe anthu ogwira ntchito mโmalaibulale kuti aziyendetsa malaibulale.
Pakadali pano, pafupifupi theka la masukulu 400 kapena kupitilira apo mu CPS ali ndi oyang'anira mabuku, malinga ndi zolemba za CPS.
Kuphatikiza apo, masukulu 30 okha kapena kupitilira apo mwa masukulu 50 omwe akulandira ali nawo. Izi ndi masukulu omwe ali m'malo otsika omwe adatenga ophunzira ochokera kusukulu zina zapafupi zomwe meya adatseka chaka chatha.
Atatseka masukulu, Meya Emanuel adalonjeza kuti adzagwiritsa ntchito ndalamazo kuti avale masukulu omwe amalandira ndi zinthu zabwino kwambiri padziko lapansi - monga momwe anthu amachitira ku Wilmette, kwawo.
Chotero mโmalo moganiza za kutsekerako monga kudulidwa, iye anafuna kuti tonsefe tiziwalingalira kukhala mipata yowonjezereka ya maphunziro.
Lingaliro lolunjika kuchokera kwa Orwell, kuyankhula za olemba mabuku akuluakulu.
Tatsala pang'ono kutha chaka chimodzi ndipo oyang'anira mabuku angapo adakakamizika kuwonekera pamsonkhano wamaphunziro a mwezi watha kuti apemphe ndi kuchonderera kuti CPS idzaze ntchito za library yake.
Pambuyo pa umboni wawo, a Barbara Byrd-Bennett, wamkulu wosankhidwa ndi meya, adalongosola kuti adzadzaza malowa - pokhapokha ngati sipangakhale owerengera ovomerezeka.
"Sikuti sitikufuna kukhala ndi oyang'anira malaibulale m'malaibulale," adatero Byrd-Bennett. "Koma dziwe likuchepa." Anatinso CPS ikugwira ntchito ndi mayunivesite kuti apeze oyang'anira mabuku.
Chabwino, Akazi a Byrd-Bennett, ndiroleni ine ndikhale wautumiki. Ngati mukuyang'ana woyang'anira laibulale, mutha kuyamba kupita kusukulu yasekondale ya Payton, komwe woyang'anira mabuku wakale akuphunzitsa Chisipanishi.
Ndichifukwa chakuti mphunzitsi wamkulu, podula bajeti, adayenera kusankha-hmm, choyamba ndi chiyani, woyang'anira mabuku kapena mphunzitsi wa ku Spain?
Iye anaganiza zotseka udindo wa woyangโanira laibulaleyo ndi kusamutsa woyangโanira laibulaleโyemwe anakhalapo ndi sukuluyo chiyambire pamene inatsegulidwaโku kalasi ya Chispanya. Kuti abwezeretse woyangโanira laibulaleyo, mphunzitsi wamkuluyo ayeneradi kupeza ndalama zolembera mphunzitsi watsopano wachispanya.
Ndipo pali zosokoneza: mulibe ndalama m'masukulu a Meya Emanuel kwa oyang'anira mabuku ndi aphunzitsi aku Spain. Osachepera ku Payton.
Mwa kuyankhula kwina, tilibe kuchepa kwa owerengera mabuku ovomerezeka. Tili ndi kuchepa kwa ndalama zolipira oyang'anira mabuku.
Koma kuti ndifufuze mowirikiza kawiri, ndinaitana a Marci Merola, wogwira ntchito ku American Library Association, yomwe ili pomwe pano ku Chicago.
"Ngati Barbara Byrd-Bennett akufunafuna oyang'anira malaibulale ovomerezeka, nditha kumutumizira gulu la anthu ogwira ntchito ku library omwe akufunafuna ntchito," adatero Merola. "Pali mayunivesite ambiri omwe amamaliza maphunziro awo ku library chaka chilichonse."
Ndiye dziwani Ms. Byrd-Bennett-itanani Marci! Mutha kupeza nambala yake m'buku.
Chinthu chomaliza chokhudza kalata ya Vonnegut ku Library ya Indiana State. Pomaliza, analemba kuti:
"Ngati muli ndi wowerengera ndalama, akhoza kukutsimikizirani mosavuta kuti kalata [ya wothandizira wanu] kwa ine imawononga ndalama zambiri kuposa buku limodzi. Deadeye Dick. Ngati muyankha kalatayi, ndi kukambitsirana za mโkati mwake ndi ena panthaลตi ya Boma, mtengo wa okhoma msonkho posachedwapa udzaposa mtengo wamalonda wa ntchito zanga zosonkhanitsidwa zomangidwa ndi zikopa zabwino koposa.โ
Damn, ndamusowa Kurt Vonnegut.
Momwemonso, Meya Emanuel adawononga ndalama zoposa $200 miliyoni kuti atseke masukulu onsewa m'dzina losunga ndalama, ndipo sakupezabe ndalama zolembera olemba mabuku.
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