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Yes...I agree in theory, but what about the teacher who takes 25 plus
books a year and never returns them?  And what about the teacher who takes
EVERYTHING on all the subjects she teaches...and then runs to the
principal that you won't let her use the library when you limit her to 10
to 15 books?  (There were 4 other teachers in her dept. who could be
teaching the same subject.)  And what about the teacher who borrowed all
the new books for the summer "to write a new currulium" and then didn't
come back the next year...and went to another state with 25 NEW
books.  And what about the nurse who went thru the mail everyday and
helped herself to all your magazines and who often didn't return
them...and always swore it wasn't her ...and guess what, the very same
magazines stopped disappearing the year she went elsewhere.  And what
about the teacher who always gave me what for about never having a working
cassette play/recorder, who when he left and the custodian told me to go
thru his room... I found SIX non-working cassette players in the
corner... he never checked them out thru me with established
procedures.  This same teacher also had a boat load of supplies from my
locked closet.  The only thing I could ever figure was that I must have
forgotten to lock it some night.  Same teacher use to spend mega hours in
the building at night and weekends...must have made a regular habit of
checking to see if supply closets were locked.  And what about Vol. 2 of
the 4 volume (expensive) psychology reference set, that after being
missing for 3 years, was returned by the new psychology teacher who found
it in the previous teacher's  file cabinet?  After 23 years
there have been other stories along the same lines...but you get the idea.

Have I just been unlucky or have others experienced similiar incidents?

Ann

On Fri, 4 Jan 2002, Josephine Dervan wrote:

> I have been following this thread with interest.
>
> Many years ago when I started in my first teaching job, one teacher
> often lost books from collections that she signed out for her class. I
> tried to get her to assume financial responsibility. However she was a
> good buddy of the principal. I was told by the principal that if a
> teacher took out a book and misplaced the book it was OK to forgive any
> fines. Reason: the book had been used by kids and for educational
> purposes. At the time I thought that it was favoritism. I learned much
> later that this was a wonderful piece of advice.
>
> I have never considered charging a teacher for a lost book since. I have
> discovered over the years that we are in fact, all on the same team. To
> antagonize a teacher over the cost of a book is foolish. What I do now
> is to suggest that that if the book does turn up later, just send it
> back. I make lots of friends that way. No matter how large a school is
> it is not helpful to have enemies.
>
> My Media Center is a friendly place where all are welcomed- teachers and
> students alike. If I make an enemy over a book it is not worth it. A
> class can sense when a teacher and a Media Specialist are on friendly
> terms and when they are not. It is easier for all to grit your teeth and
> forget the whole thing. You never know when you may need favor from
> her.
>
>
> Jo
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> Strathmore Elementary School
> Aberdeen, NJ 07747
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