Need to talk...

[C Hudak <thudak@BELLATLANTIC.NET>]

Dear folks,

This is just a bad week for me.  I have 9 classes a week in my 19 hours and
am in the process of automating and building up a library collection that
has been neglected for 8 years....

I feel ok about the physical side of getting the library in shape, but
awful about teaching.

I have collaborated with some teachers in the past few months, but not
enough.  We are a catholic school and although there are guidelines...I
don't think it is as rigid as public.  This is a curse and a blessing.  I
am realizing that my upper grades, 6-8, have NO IDEA about information -
Dewey, searching, Big6 concepts - all of which I am trying to introduce and
shove down their throats while doing research.  The lower grades are simply
learning about fiction/non-fiction - where to find the title, author etc.
and trying to learn something too!

I have read novels to each grade 2 and up and just feel like I stink as a
Librarian.  I am all over the place and nowhere at the same time!  I am
wondering if I am really cut out for this.  It seems that in order to keep
their attention, I have to be a performance artist and I just can't manage
that every week...it feels like chaos to me and I wonder how anyone is
learning anything.  Even when I talk to the teachers I can't seem to get a
grip.   I am flying by the seat of my pants...this is my first year (and
maybe my last).  Does it get better?

Tina Hudak, Librarian
St. Bernard's School
Riverdale, MD
thudak@bellatlantic.net



















Tina Hudak, Librarian
St. Bernard's School
Riverdale, MD
thudak@bellatalantic.net

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