I had a little girl bring back a book securely encased in a Ziplock baggie
along with the vomit she had deposited all over it. I smiled, thanked her
for her diligence, and told her the book now belonged to her.
On the last day of post-planning I had a parent come in to pay for a book. I
said "Oh, I guess you couldn't find it?" The mom said, "We found it but I
really like that book so I just want to pay for it." She must have seen the
momentary look of surprise on my face and, as I looked up the account, said
"Unless you want it back." I explained that the amount she would be charged
would not cover replacing the book and with the huge loss of funding we're
experiencing there would be no practical way I'd ever have it in my
collection for the other students. She sighed and said, "Well, okay, we'll
bring it back tomorrow." She did. Whew.
On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 8:56 PM, Anne Paulson <paulsonap@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Have you ever had the dubious pleasure (odiferous as well) of a returned
> book covered in mushy banana? (The book and banana had been sharing space in
> a student's backpack for quite a while.) The book was a goner. Then there
> are all the soaking wet books these days, from improperly closed water
> bottles in backpacks. I'm beginning to wonder whether I should invest in
> plastic book bags......sigh.
>
> Anne Paulson
> Library Media Specialist
> Lake Placid Elementary School
> Lake Placid, NY
> 518-523-3640, ext. 4525
> paulson@lakeplacidcsd.net
>
>
>
> > Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 16:40:09 -0700
> > From: pope1966@ATT.NET
> > Subject: [LM_NET] Overdue Rant & Funny Stories
> > To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> >
> > We had a 2nd grader
> > Marcia, I may have your story beat....three times!
> >
> > We had a 2nd grader who brought her book back and told me her baby
> brother had sat on it and peed on it! Nothing on the pages...only on the
> cover. After consulting with our school nurse who assure me I didn't have
> to worry about some dreaded disease...I got cleaner and cloth and rubber
> gloves and made that book look spic and span! Of course, it helps that it
> was a Bound to Stay Bound Book with their great laminated covers! And
> though I can't remember the title...I'm sure it's still on the shelf!
> >
> > Then there was the student who had gotten sick on his way to school one
> morning...and you guessed it...up came his breakfast all over his book. He
> was so pitiful and scared of my reaction I couldn't do anything but laugh
> and smile and tell him not to worry about it!
> >
> > And then there was one of my teacher friends who returned a teacher's
> guide out of a kit...that her cats had knocked off a counter into...you
> guessed it...the cat litter box! She brought it to school to see if I could
> save it...it was NOT salvageable!!! Let me just say, when something has
> been in a litter box...it BECOMES the litter box! Ha....
> >
> > Tony Pope
> > Library Media Specialist
> > McHenry Primary School
> > 100 McHenry Dr.
> > Rome, GA 30161
> > pope1966@att.net
> >
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*have
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