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Ditto to everything John just said --if he hadn't, I would have.
Irene Clise
Library Media Specialist
River Ridge High School
Olympia, Washington
iclise1@mickey.esd113.wednet.edu
On Mon, 5 Dec 1994, John Henne wrote:
> In her message of Fri, 2 Dec, R_Weiner said
>
> >I have a rule that students are not permitted in the LRC or the
> >library without supervision....so that eliminates students being
> >dumped by themselves.
>
> I don't wish to start a flame war, but it sounds like a PRISON CAMP!
> Guards accompany students wherever they go. Doesn't she
> provide free reading materials, magazines, newspapers, etc? I
> can hear a student now - "Excuse me, Mrs. Schwartz, would you go
> to the library with me so I can see if the Patriots won yesterday?"
>
> >When teachers do come, they usually guide the students themselves
> >but there have been times when they needed my help and that's
> >fine, too.
>
> I always thought the librarian's "job one" was to guide students
> in the library.
>
> >I also do what I call "slumming" ...i go around to each classroom
> >mabye once or twice a year...
>
> I'm sure she gets a lot of cooperation from a faculty if her attitude is
> that going into the classroom (once a year!) is slumming.
>
> Yes, I am troubled by the "study hall syndrome," and everything
> in my library is not wonderful, but the students are comfortable
> coming here and they know they will get my full attention if they
> need assistance.
>
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