This post about prom brought up a pet peeve of mine. Have any of you had to put on
a prom? I am a class advisor and this year my class is in charge of prom. The pet
peeve is this: All of the catalogs for prom decorations and favors feature a large
assortment of alcoholic beverage glasses as favors. Does anybody besides me see a
problem with this? We're supposed to be trying to keep kids from drinking, not
promoting it. Call me a prude, but I refused to let my class buy any of that stuff.
Instead they will be handing out photo albums as favors. They didn't really seem to
have a big problem with this.
Marsha ReddLibrarian, Kelloggsville High School Grand Rapids, MI
marsharedd@hotmail.comEducation is not a goal; it is a life-long process. Everyone
is a student. Everyone is a teacher.
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> Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 08:55:03 -0500
> From: ahutchin@RISON.K12.AR.US
> Subject: Re: [LM_NET] GEN: What drives you mad?
> To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
>
> Prom season. Prom season drives me absolutely stark, ravin' Looney tunes. Web
>searches for prom dresses, print outs of hair styles... although the Duct Tape
>prom site almost makes it all worthwhile:
>http://www.ducttapeguys.com/fashion/prom/index.html
>
> Amanda Hutchins
> Library Media Specialist
> Rison High School
> 700 Main St.
> P.O. Box 600
> Rison, AR 71665
> phone: 870-325-7673
> fax: 870-325-6799
> e-mail: ahutchin@rison.k12.ar.us
>
>
>
> You see, I don't believe that libraries should be drab places where people sit in
>silence, and that's been the main reason for our policy of employing wild animals
>as librarians.
> - Monty Python skit
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: School Library Media & Network Communications on behalf of Marsha Redd
> Sent: Thu 4/10/2008 8:13 AM
> To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Subject: Re: GEN: What drives you mad?
>
>
>
> Since I work in a high school, I think the frustrations may be a little
>different, but here's the one that gets to me. Almost on a daily basis someone
>will come up and ask me to help them find a book. "The computer says it's in, but
>I can't find it," they say. Books not being where they belong is a great
>aggravation. Kids will pick up a book to look at it and just stick it back
>anywhere.
>
>
> Marsha ReddLibrarian, Kelloggsville High School Grand Rapids, MI
>marsharedd@hotmail.comEducation is not a goal; it is a life-long process. Everyone
>is a student. Everyone is a teacher.
>
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>> Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:04:42 -0300
>> From: CUELLO_C@LINCOLN.EDU.AR
>> Subject: [LM_NET] GEN: What drives you mad?
>> To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
>>
>> Morning Netters!
>>
>> I was just talking to one of our forth grade teachers and he said the
>> library has "nothing" appropriate for fourth grade about explorers in
>> terms of reading level. So... you're telling me the other two fourth
>> grade teachers have been loading their shelves with our books but they
>> don't really work???
>>
>> That makes me mad!
>>
>> And from PreK to first grade they all have the "dinosaur fever" and no
>> matter how many times you tell them to be careful with the books the
>> shelves is just always a mess?
>>
>> That makes me mad!
>>
>> And the fact that the books get returned pretty much anywhere but the
>> slot in my desk with a colorful sign that reads "return your books here"
>> and even an arrow pointing?
>>
>> Yes, this is a bit out of line, but don't you find things around you
>> that sometimes turn you into the old cranky librarian patrons fear?
>>
>>
>>
>> Just had to relieve my frustration this morning...
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Carolina Cuello
>>
>> Elementary/ Middle School Library
>>
>> Lincoln American International School
>>
>> Buenos Aires, Argentina
>>
>> Tel: (54-11) 4794-9400, ext. 144
>>
>> cuello_c@lincoln.edu.ar
>>
>>
>>
>>
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