Well, I get worse than that! My office is like a lounge also so we have coffee and
snacks...so I get to hear "Must be nice to sit around and EAT all day!" lol I
just smile and say, "Yes, it sure is"
Jennifer Garcia, Librarian
Uvalde Junior High School
P.O. Box 1909
Uvalde, TX 78802
(830)591-2980
garciaj@ucisd.net
>>> "Cowell, Michelle" <cowellm@WAVERLY-SHELLROCK.K12.IA.US> 4/7/2008 1:27 PM >>>
"It must be nice to sit around and read books all day."
I've lost count of how often I've heard that!
Michelle Cowell
Media Specialist
Waverly Shell Rock Junior High
Waverly, Iowa
cowellm@waverly-shellrock.k12.ia.us
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I know exactly what you all mean. I get comments like that all the time...as if
checking out books is all I have to do. When they mention that, I offer to swap
jobs for a day. It'd be a relief to JUST teach one subject to ONE grade. I tell
people that being a librarian is like being a full time teacher and running a small
business at the same time and in the same space. That usually gives them something
to think about! Not to mention all my "free time" enables me to serve on every
bloomin' committee in the district. If it's out there, I'm on it. I'm sure some
of you get the same treatment!
Talk about stereotypes - when I first went back for my Masters of Lib. Science,
my husband just rolled his eyes. His concept of a librarian was someone who sat
behind a desk and said "shhhhh" all day. I could have hit him! (Truthfully,
that's what some did when he was in school in the 60s, but times have surely
changed!) He's been properly enlightened, but still refuses to come spend a day
with me to SEE why I'm so tired when I get home!
Keep your chins up. I only have 37 more days of school until summer vacation!!!
HG
Holly Gillum, LMS
Anderson Elementary
Crossett, AR 71635
exlibrishg@yahoo.com
"Reading gives you some place to go when you have to stay where you are." ~Mason
Cooley
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