Re: newbie question

["Heather E. Clark" <hclark@CLSN1269.CUMBERLAND.LIB.NC.US>]

I suppose the one thing overall that I wish I had known is that the
children DO NOT respond, act, or think like I used to twenty years ago.
There are some that believe that all kids are alike, but I submit that
they are shaped by their past just as we all are.  The world has changed
and we change with it.  I remember that I used to get giddy just thinking
about holding a boys hand in 6th grade when I was 12.  Nowadays...well,
you know what I mean.  And the YA literature is reflecting these changes.
Perhaps I was niave when I first started, but I wish I had had more on
classroom management and the logistics of how to deal with over 450
students streaming in and out of the library every day.  Thankfully, a
veteran teacher took me under her wing and was courageous and strong
enough to tell me exactly what I was doing wrong...the unadultarated
TRUTH.  And let me tell you, it did hurt as the cliche says.

I learned...I just wish someone had warned me.  :-)

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On Tue, 1 Aug 2000, B Young wrote:

> I posted this question to Earl's Librarianship 101 list and got some very
> interesting responses.  Someone suggested that I also post to LM_NET for even
> more responses.  My question, as a newbie, is this:  What do you know now
> that you wish you had known when you first started as a library media
> specialist?  TIA!
>
> Brenda Young
> Library Media Specialist
> Rosehill Elementary
> Omaha, NE
> brenda525@aol.com
>
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