Re: HUMOR: You know it's going to be a rough day...

[Molly Pearson <res1bcnm@VERIZON.NET>]

>And can we also get a remote control to turn down the volume on the
>students?
>Deb Waugh

I laughed like crazy when I read the first of these messages.  I have caught
myself many times with the key to the library in hand as I approached my car
and the car key/clicker in hand to open the library door!
This one reminded me, though, of a technique I have used with my kids, and I
thought it was worth sharing.  In the day and age of the remote, kids see a
number on the screen when turning volume up and down, and understand the
meaning of the word mute as relates to TV and the remote.  So, sometimes, I
tell the kids that if I had a remote for their noise level, I would want the
noise level on 5 or 2 or whatever.  When their noise level rises, I tell
them "your voices are at about a 20 now, we need to turn it down to 5 or we
will have to put it on mute."  It is not a technique I use every day, but it
catches their imagination in a positive way some days.

Molly

Molly Pearson, Librarian
English Crossing Library (grades 3-5)
Lakewood School District, Lakewood, WA  (north of Seattle)
Adjunct Professor, Distance Learning, Seattle Pacific University
m.pearson10@verizon.net

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