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No, it is not because you are a man. It is because you are a push-over. They ask and you do. Until you stop doing they will keep asking. I was the computer guy here for a long time: wrote tech grants, ordered equipment, unloaded trucks, set up computers, installed software, etc. etc. etc. That was OK when I started out. The library program here was anemic when I arrived and my computer skills helped me get the job. We also didn't have that many computers to deal with. As I built up my program and as the tech infrastructure here expanded it became impossible for me to keep doing all of that. I will still help a teacher who has problems mid-lesson, but generally I don't go out fix computers any more. The level of district tech support is much better now so when teachers call with problems I tell them to e-mail Frank. When I began weaning the staff of my tech support it made for some tense times with some people but those people didn't get, don't get it and probably never will get it. I have resigned myself to the fact that some teachers will always see and treat me as a second--class educator. And you know what? Most of those people are jerks anyway. They also treat secretaries, custodians, students, and a lot of others as second-class people. There's not much I can do about them. In the last 4 or 5 years I have been able to change the perceptions of a lot of teachers and students so that now I am the literature/research/computer guy instead of just the computer guy. I like the balance and I think my program is much healthier now. But it takes constant PR work. Every new staff member has to be educated. We have had 3 different principals in the last 4 years so it has been, at times, exhausting and frustrating. But it is definitely worth it. Just say no, Tony -------------------------------------------------- Tony Doyle, Teacher Librarian Member California Young Reader Medal Committee Livingston High School Livingston, CA tdoyle@MUHSD.K12.CA.US Http://www.lhswolves.org/library/index.htm Http://lhsblog.edublogs.org <http://lhsblog.edublogs.org/> "You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture; you just have to get people to stop reading them." Ray Bradbury WARNING: The contents of this e-mail are confidential and are intended only for the recipient(s) identified in the To and CC fields. Comments made herein do not represent the opinions or positions of the Merced Union High School District, only the (sometimes uninformed) opinions of the sender. This message is protected by copyright law, an alarm, a guard dog, a video surveillance system, and powerful magic. If you are somehow offended by this message don't feel obligated to notify the sender of your outrage/anger/hurt feelings. Just delete it. It was probably just a typo anyway. Remember: don't e-mail in anger. If you are forwarding this message to others, stop and think, is this message really so interesting that you want to bother other people with it? I mean really, is the content of this message so profound that it bears repeating? The author is given to long-winded ramblings and everyone I know gets enough of that in their inboxes already. Sure, he's handsome, funny, and a great cook (and modest to a fault), but that doesn't mean everyone wants to read his e-mails. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book. To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. * LM_NET Help & Information: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://lm-net.info/ * LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html * LM_NET Wiki: http://lmnet.wikispaces.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------