Shonda Brisco <sbrisco@FWCDS.ORG> writes:
>.just keep learning and always be open to new things!~
Shonda -- I love reading your e-mails- I learn a lot and wonder how you have so
much energy! Of course, I agree with the above quote from your last posting -- I
think the current "vent|" is about teachers who seem to think we need to jump
through hoops to solve their problems -- i.e., not making
sure the equipment is working before class, etc. -- and then expecting us to drop
everything immediately, even if we're in the middle of a class or whatever, to
"serve" them. Service is great, but we are just one person. I am blessed to have
a wonderful library tech who manages most of these
problems for me.
So now I need to share my AV story -- years ago I was librarian at a private school
here in Austin, and we got a student teacher (male) who thought he was "hot stuff".
One day he flung open the door to my library -- actually snapped his fingers! and
said "MY VCR isn't working -- come fix it!" and
strode out. Trying to keep my Christian attitude -- it was a Catholic high school
after all -- I went up to his room and started checking cables and connections.
God is good -- I was so gratified to find everything plugged in EXCEPT the electric
outlet on the cart. I held up the cord, and
sweetly said, "Sir, this is a power source. This is how you plug it in
(demonstrating) -- please let me know if there are further problems" and saundered
out, greeting students pleasantly on my way. Curiously, his manners improved
immediately thereafter! :)
Betty Copeland, MLIS
Librarian
Dahlstrom Middle School
Buda, Texas 78610
512-268-8441, ext. 6537
Fax 512-295-5346
copelandb@hayscisd.net
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