I have some that I can sell , especially at exam time when the boys are very
stressed. and must have a black pen for the answer sheets. I collect all
left behind pens and pencils - keep them in a cup by the computers and by
the OPACs. It is interesting sometimes, when a student reaches for a pen and
says ' Hey - this is where I left it." The Maintenance men gather them
from the floor as they clean and drop them off , also.
But, the boys are expected to always have a pen and pencil with them for
every class.
Toni Koontz
Librarian
St. Charles Preparatory School
Columbus, Ohio
akoontz@cdeducation.org
Carpe Diem
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dr. Allan O'Grady Cuseo" <acuseo@BKHS.ORG>
To: <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 1:43 PM
Subject: Re: Pencil wars
> Amen and Amen.
>
> I've given up on provding pens, pencils, and especially tissues. I tell
> the students I am not a drug store or Wal-Mart. We claim to be a college
> prep high school - and if that is true, then the students need to bring
> supplies from home.
>
> I believe we enable students too much and then that service becomes
> expected.
>
> Allan
>
>
> Dr. Allan O'Grady Cuseo, MGC
> Director of Library Services
> Bishop Kearney High School | A Golisano Education Partner
> 125 Kings Highway South
> Rochester, New York 14617
> 585.342.4000 x231
> 585.342.4694 (fax)
>
> www.bkhs.org
> College Prep. Plus.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Gail Smith" [gsmith@EDISON.CPS.K12.IL.US]
> Date: 10/02/2007 12:49 PM
> To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Subject: Re: Pencil wars
>
>
>
> The pencils that I loan out in classes sit in a large vase on my
> desk, attached to large silk flowers. It completely ended the excuse
> that, "I forgot to return your pencil," and adds a touch of color to
> the room.
>
> On the other hand, for use at the OPAC, why not put the
> responsibility back on the students and stop providing pencils at
> all? Are they surprised that they are needed? Did they not know
> they were coming to the library? In my library, I am constantly
> finding abandoned pens and pencils that go into the "Abandoned
> Pencils Cup" no matter how chewed up and nasty, eraser or not.
> Anyone is welcome to use one of them and when I get complaints, I
> just tell them that their own pencils are not nasty, so they should
> bring their own. In theory, these should be returned after use, but
> sometimes a child who has no pencil (economic reasons, not just
> forgetfulness) has come to get one and I don't make an issue when he/
> she doesn't return it--I just look at it as helping a child preserve
> their pride.
>
>
> Gail Smith, NBCT
> Librarian & Tech Facilitator
> Edison Regional Gifted Center - Chicago, Illinois
> gsmith@edison.cps.k12.il.us
> "In the nonstop tsunami of global information librarians provide us with
> floaties and teach us to swim."--Linton Weeks, Washington Post,
> January 13, 2001
>
>
> On Oct 2, 2007, at 10:52 AM, Gayle Hodur wrote:
>
>> Does anyone have a good way of keeping pencils by the OPAC? Ours get
>> stolen constantly - we can easily go through a dozen in a day. I've
>> tried
>> tying them down, I've tried taping a flag on them that says "This
>> is not
>> my pencil." I really don't like to make them come and ask me for a
>> pencil
>> every time, but that's what it's coming down to.
>>
>> **************************************************************
>> Gayle Hodur
>> District Librarian
>> Soledad Unified School District
>> ghodur@redshift.com
>>
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