Re: [LM_NET] THREAD: but I LIKE to wear my hair up!

[Lynn Butler <Teri.Butler@SAISD.ORG>]

AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Isn't it nice to surprise people who are expecting something else?
Loved your piece!!  I think you should expand on it and try to publish
it somewhere!  You spoke volumes on the profession!!

Lynn Butler, LMS
Lamar Elementary Library
San Angelo, Texas
"Reading is a Window to the World!"


-----Original Message-----
From: JaKay Greer [mailto:jakay_greer@GBSD.GRESHAM.K12.OR.US] 
Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 4:39 PM
Subject: THREAD: but I LIKE to wear my hair up!


Okay, I do wear my hair up or pulled back.  When you hair is below your
shoulders it makes it a practical hair style.

Okay, I do wear bifocals. I found that my eyes dry out too fast in a/c
rooms and are VERY uncomfortable.

Okay, I do wear practical shoes.  I prefer sports walking shoes or
sandals.  It depends on the day and the duties I think the job is going
to involve.  I'm sorry, but there are times that heels just would NOT be
practical to get the job done.

Okay, I do wear sensible clothing. I am moving, bending, reaching, and
working at times with dusty litsets, and prefer my "good" clothes to
stay nice. I wear LOTS of long blouses and pants or LONG
dresses--depending on if I am giving a planned lesson or presentation.

I also wear LOTS of wild pins and necklaces (short) to add to my outfit.
I also look for very different hair adornments--since if I am sitting,
the students tower over me and that is what they see the most. 

I also am known for the classical music playing in the background. Okay,
it is different countries, and it also includes classical guitar, jazz,
and bluegrass.  And occasionally just nature sounds.

I am also known to say "SHHHHHHHHHHH" because I can do that quickly and
it gets the message across quickly.

BUT, I am NOT your "typical" librarian of the 1950s. I enjoy Neopets.com
and am a "hit" at my middle school because I can ask if they found the
newest........ on the site.   Or I can also talk about the Iditarod,
Indy car racing, AND just to be
different---I am a civil war reenactor and own a closet full of
clothing, tents, and cookware just for that.  

As for a role-model.... ummmm I can talk about Eldest and compare to
Eragon, and know WHEN the next Pendragon book will be out, and know the
difference between the movie version and the book version of the newest
releases, and I have created a library webpage of sites to help with
their homework assignments.  BUT can confess that I have NO IDEA how a
scanner works.

UMM, traditionally female occupation. No problem. But I strive to be one
of the best I can be. I am active in promoting reading programs at my
school/district/ and hopefully state wide (BOB). I am active in keeping
current on the newest reading, social studies, science adoptions.  I
keep current on the effects of the political decisions in the area of
education and life and am active in writing to congressmen/women to
support bills that will help in the areas they can vote.  I am active in
making sure that the young twenty somethings that just got married at
our church know how to do the basics in cooking and planning meals.  I
am the backup support for my niece in making sure that she has a secure
home.  I am the caregiver to my mother when she has needed it. 

Role model---let's see.....  I hope that others will see that I am a
caring person and that I care about my profession and the future
generations.  Yes, I hope others will look and see that I do believe
that being a LIBRARIAN is an honorable profession because of all the
different lives you get to touch by the decisions I will be making in
the selection of materials (which some librarian down the road is going
to say "WHAT in the world was SHE thinking?????"

Yep, I am a librarian.  YEP, I have the perfect profession for me---I am
a know-it-all in a profession that people expect us to be know-it-all
(or at least how to find it).

JaKay Greer
Teacher-Librarian
Damascus Middle School  503.658.3171 http://damascus.gresham.k12.or.us/
McCarty Middle School  503.665.0148 http://mccarty.gresham.k12.or.us/
Gresham, OR jakay_greer@gbsd.gresham.k12.or.us

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