ESEC Responds

ESEC's Goal to Replace Outmoded Thinking

January 19, 2000

To the Editor:

Your front page article, "On borrowed time, school libraries stacked with outdated books" (Boston Globe, 1/18/00) was eye-opening and dismaying. Media specialist Barbara Camann was absolutely correct when she observed, "If the kids aren’t readers, they can’t be writers. And if they’re not writers, they can’t be thinkers." Clearly, students without adequate educational resources are in no position to learn that there are many ways to solve problems, plan for the future, and be involved, informed citizens and employees.

The Ethical Science and Education Coalition (ESEC), an affiliate of NEAVS, has an outstanding, multi-media Resource Center, open to students at no charge. The Center at 333 Washington St., Boston, is open weekdays (9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.). It offers hundreds of books, videos, computer programs and research materials, available in-house and on loan. Topics include the life sciences, animal protection, dissection alternatives, animal rights law and conservation, career choices and biographies of famous scientists.

The goal of ESEC is to replace outmoded, ethically and scientifically flawed thinking with fresh perspectives and up-to-date information. Students and teachers are invited to visit the Resource Center to access the latest in critical thinking and scientific information.

Sincerely,

Theodora Capaldo, EdD
President
The Ethical Science and Education Coalition (ESEC)