That ' s really not o . k . They didn ' t give you an option to restart it ? <| sep |> oiso wer die parallelen jetz immer nu ned sieht dem is sowiso nimma zum hfn . <| sep |> implying he can lift it <| sep |> I feel , and I ' m sure that there are many who would agree with me , that there is still lots to learn from entertainment . Human behaviour , empathy , social skills , history , culture , can all be learned from entertainment , not just from nonfiction . When you look at some of the leading Oscar nominees , even from last year Spotlight , The Big Short , Bridge of Spies , etc many of those recount history , but are considered to be entertainement . And as you know , if we don ' t know about history , we are bound to repeat it . Not every wants to spend 12 weeks in school . The library does basic training , not advanced courses . You can ' t compare a 1 hour intro class to a 12 week intensive college program . Many people just want the basics to be familiar with it , that ' s what we do . We give an intro , and if people want to learn more then they go to higher learning . And no , we don ' t use volunteers , because volunteers are known to be unreliable and inconsistent , and often just want to be able to say that they volunteer on their resume without actually doing any substantial work . Many studies have shown that people learn through play , creativity , and using their hands . That ' s why we do crafts . Community centres do not do crafts , if they do they are paid programs . And many crafts are community projects where members of the community work together . And I ' m not sure when you were last in a school , but once you hit around Grade 23 , there are no regular crafts . It all comes down to how much a society values investing in their people . If you want an ignorant society of people who don ' t care about anything other than themselves , then sure , cut away all of these services . But if you value a society of people , and want to invest in their learning , future , and ability to succeed , and be engaged citizens , then the library , along with other social services are very good investments . We encourage learning , but not in a structured environment like a school or college . And there is no existing services similar to library services that is available to the public regardless of socioeconomic status . Sure there are paid services , but if you are a single parent , or a newcomer , or just unable to pay for things , should you be penalized and not have the opportunity to better yourself and learn something new ? TPL is a part of the poverty reduction strategy , another reason we do what we do for free is because many cannot afford it otherwise . There are some public libraries that charge families just to come to a storytime , and to me , that is completely ridiculous . Just a couple of weeks ago it came out that Toronto has the highest child poverty rate in Canada . For the amount of money we get from the City , we do really well with it compared to many other city services . I ' m not sure if you already use your library , but you should check out what we do !