Re: [LM_NET] Christmas slap in the face!

[Kathy Graves <kgraves@4FAST.NET>]

Isn't it fascinating how we can each interpret this in a little  
different way.  My interpretation of  the "slap in the face" was being  
told that this librarian wasn't considered a read teacher, not that he/ 
she didn't get a gift.

K. Graves
Retired County Schools IMC Director/Librarian
Siskiyou County Office of Education
Yreka, CA 06097


On Dec 26, 2009, at 6:43 AM, Sherry Gick wrote:

> Well said Christine.
>
> On Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 7:41 AM, Christine Porter <
> christine.porter@middletownpubliclib.org> wrote:
>
>> These are tough times - if I parent bought for the librarian, and the
>> principal and the gym coach and the nurse and every single teacher
>> and....and....and.....it would be tough.  Don't look for your  
>> validity in
>> material things!!!  How many gifts you receive does not validate your
>> position in your school - and neither do your degrees I'm sorry to  
>> say.
>> I've seen people with doctorates who were the worst in the field  
>> and I've
>> seen people with Masters who cannot do their job along with the  
>> ones who
>> can.  Just because we have Masters degrees does not automatically  
>> mean we
>> should show it off to get respect.  Yes, we worked hard to get  
>> them, but we
>> are NOT important because of those pieces of paper.  The work you  
>> perform
>> is
>> what gives you respect! Bottom line, just be the best you can be,  
>> and look
>> for your validity in the children and teachers you see and help  
>> each day!
>>
>> Christine
>>
>> Christine Porter
>> Youth Services Specialist
>> Middletown Public Library
>> 20 N. Catherine Street
>> Middletown, PA  17056
>> 717-902-3017
>>
>> "Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend.  Inside of a dog,  
>> it's too
>> dark to read" - Groucho Marx
>>
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> Sherry Gick
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> Rossville Middle/High School
> Rossville, Indiana
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