Librarians...Where do they come from?

[Murry or Saranne Gans <mmsgans@ONRAMP.NET>]

Dear Netters,

        I had to write my story briefly -- ego and enjoyment of reading the
comments by others.

        I always loved history in school -- I mean really loved it!  I majored
in hist. and English and Sec. Ed. in college.  At twenty-two I began
eight pretty good years in Dallas pub. sch. as a high school Eng.
teacher, but most of those years I taught secondary reading.  In regular
Eng. and reading I couldn't keep up with the grading load.  I tried,
really I did.  I asked to be put in history, but the administrator
laughed!  Only coaches were hist. teachers to his way of thinking.
(Isn't that sad?)

        I was sooo young; I probably would handle him differently now.  Anyway,
unathletic as I was, I actually coached bowling for two yrs.  I
sponsored different things -- pep squad & junior vars. cheerleaders but
no history teaching was coming my way. After seven years I was the Eng.
and reading teacher with the most seniority.

        I didn't have the interest to get a master's in English (or in reading)
and was frightened a little about a master's in history.  So, rather
than pursue conselling as a master's, I chose an avocational interest
READING and books, which, needless to say any lib. must love.  In high
school and as a teacher in h.s. my favorite place was the library!  I
actually jumped to study lib. sc.; could someone really get paid for
this?????

        That's basically my story, and now that I've been in education 24
years, I've never regretted bailing out of CLASSROOM teaching, but I
teach love, kindness and library every single day.  There are so many
challenges in the lib. and one day is never the same.  However, I have
not read one single min. at my desk as I thought I would.

Saranne Gans
Librarian/Teacher/Mom
Cistercian Prep Sch. (grades 5-12)
Irving,  TX
mmsgans@onramp.net