If you aren't part of
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Who? What? Little ol' me?

Because I have "an authoritative bellow", my principal has asked me to switch from lunchroom duty to playground duty.

*snerk*

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Excuse me, what happened to the summer ( Read more... )

I'm sitting here at my desk watching a group of 3rd grade students.  They are crowded around a table, coloring, and complimenting one another's pictures.  It's encouraging.  I needed to see something like this after the day that I've had.

Today has been a hard day.  One of my fifth grade girls has been in tears all day because her friend is being ( Read more... )

So ... today one of my fifth grade girls pops her head into a meeting I'm having with one of the teachers ( Read more... )

I've been nudged by
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Scene 1:
Today, I told a 1st grader (who has an emotional disorder, by the way, which I didn't know about at the time) that he had an overdue book out.

His response?

(in that loud and angry screaming voice that feels like it's tearing your vocal chords to shreds and leaves you with a sore throat when you've finished)
I TURNED MY BOOK IN!  I'M SO ANGRY ( Read more... )

That's the title of the stimulating training seminar I'm sitting in right now.  Yes, folks, it really is as exciting as it sounds.  It's part II in a two part super-duper librarian computer program training series.  I got to skip the first one because I already know how to check-in and check-out books and run overdues reports.  Aren't you all so ( Read more... )