[LM_NET] SHARE: best and worst

[Rebecca Reitz <Rebreitz@AOL.COM>]

The worst: Last Spring I organized POEM IN YOUR POCKET day. Formed a  
committee with teachers from all grades (K-5). The sweet idea is  that everyone 
writes or copies a small poem and has it in their  pocket Made special badges for 
teachers and students to wear that said  "Read me your poem".  Made them on 
yellow paper and safety pins. It  came back to me that a notoriously mean teacher 
told other teachers  that the badges looked like the ones the Nazis forced 
the Jews to wear.  It  still hurts that anyone, ANYONE!, would say something 
like that.
 
The best: Every time I put a book into the hands of a waiting reader, and  it 
is the perfect book for that child at that moment, they make a certain sound  
of satisfaction... something like OH! but more guttural.  I love that  sound.
 
Thanks for letting me share (and vent).
 
REBECCA REITZ
Librarian
PS  87
160 West 78th Street, New York, NY 10024
212) 280-6204,  Rebreitz@aol.com
http://www.ps87library.org





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