[LM_NET] GEN: Thanks for this GENDER discussion.

["Hastings, Jeff" <HASTINGJ@HOWELLSCHOOLS.COM>]

  Friends,
  
  I wanted to make sure and thank you all for taking part in this
delightful Friday discussion. Frankly, realizing that my inquiry was a
little...um...provocative, I expected to find at least a couple
vitriolic flames in my inbox. Instead you were all so thoughtful and
nice. Shucks.

As I had time to tell some of you, I was glad, sort-of, to hear from
most female respondents that they get asked to do the same sort of
stuff; most people feel it's the nature of the job, not an accident of
gender. I at least feel less singled out, and somewhat less of a
push-over than it was pointed out--rightly so--that I largely am.

The sad part is that many of you told me you also feel that fellow
teachers often freely call upon us to do the menial but shun us when it
the opportunity arises to get collegial. Somehow, we just have to figure
out how to change that.

One of your responses, one that dealt with the really boneheaded stuff
we're sometimes asked to do, reminded me of something that happened to
me years ago. I apologize in advance if I've told it before.

Back then, people would send me stuff from around the school district to
fix. I supplied repair tags for this purpose but this particular item
came to me with just a note, crayon on construction paper, taped to it.
It was a cassette player and the note said "Cassette player has a sore
throat." There was a large sad face illustration included just to make
sure I got the point. I opened the cassette door to begin investigating
the problem. It was stuffed, completely, with bright red Play-Doh.
  
Have a great weekend, y'all.

  Jeffrey Hastings,
  School Library Media Specialist
  Howl Schools
  
  shankhead@gmail.com
 

        
        


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