Reminds me of a couple of years ago, when I had some high school students
making too much noise in the library (I'm pretty tolerant, so "too much
noise" means a LOT of noise. I went over to settle them down and was being
ignored, so I semi-yelled "hey gang - shut up!" Stunned looks, and silence
followed, and then one of them said "Mrs. Rettberg, you can't say that!" We
all had a good laugh and then they settled down to work. I think they really
felt I had said something edgy, worse than the occasional F-bomb that I
overhear from them...
Cathy
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Cathy Rettberg, Head Librarian
Menlo School
Atherton, CA
http://library.menloschool.org
On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 2:18 PM, Owens, Shaunterria <
Shaunterria.Owens@sbcusd.k12.ca.us> wrote:
> I just had a second-grade class leave the library, and on the way out, two
> students approached me and said "There's a bad word in this book!" The book
> in question was "Bad Kitty," and having read it quite a few times myself I
> was shocked to say the least. I asked them, "Are you sure?" and they said
> "Yep, it has the s-h word is in it." Mind you, they only said the letters
> "s" and "h," but I was pretty sure I knew what they meant. I asked them to
> show me, and they opened up the book to reveal the part in the book where
> Bad Kitty is caterwauling and someone tells him to "SHUT UP." The girls said
> "See! There it is!" and I tried not to laugh as I explained to them that
> "shut up" is not a NICE word. They nodded sagely and left feeling they had
> done their duty. I sat and giggled, and thought I'd pass that smile on to
> you :)
>
> Shaunterria Owens, Library Assistant
> Del Rosa Elementary
> 3395 Mountain Avenue
> San Bernardino, CA
> 909.881.8160
> shaunterria.owens@sbcusd.com
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>
> "The miracle is this - the more we share, the more we have."
> - Leonard Nimoy
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