Re: Noise levels (Teachers)

["J'aime Foust" <jfoust@QUEENSBURYSCHOOL.ORG>]

I laughed when I read about the faculty room next door being so noisy - =
not that it's funny, but we do all have the same problem!  Teachers are =
notorious for talking during meetings, when they wouldn't tolerate it in =
their own classes.  I have a rule of "No eating or drinking" in the =
library, but when faculty come in to do quiet work, they often bring in =
coffee and a snack.  I don't say anything, but don't like it either.

As for noise, I ask them to keep it so that only the people at their table =
can hear them.  I ssshhh a couple of times a day (I tell them that =
Shushing 101 was a mandatory course in Library school, and that we had our =
hearing tested to see if we could detect a candy wrapper at 100 yards).  I =
try to keep a sense of humor about the whole thing, and only rarely ask =
someone to leave (after several admonitions).  Friday is "classical music" =
day in here and we will usually tolerate more student noise then, too.  =
Our new renovations will give us 4 small "study/group" rooms.  I'm trying =
to decide - should they be the noisy or the quiet area?  My thinking now =
is they'll be quiet, the rest can be working noise.

J'aime L. Foust, Librarian
jfoust@queensburyschool.org
Queensbury High School
Queensbury, NY 12804

"We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading."  B. =
F. Skinner

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