[Publib] love my job?!!! you bet.

[Stacey Conrad]

   I love my job because I get to work with kids who are still 
forming their own opinions.  I get to expose them to new books 
to read. I get to convince them that there really are good 
books out there to read--we're still looking for "yours,"  why 
not try this one?  
   Being in the middle school and now the high school I am even 
more aware of the changes in maturity that takes place as they 
grow.  What a cool thing to watch.  
   I love that I get to interact with the students on a totally 
different level--I don't give grades anymore, (used to teach 
English) but I can be your best friend when it comes to 
research.  My "homework" is reading new books to keep up with 
what is out there to recommend to my "regulars" and the 
occasional "strays" who wander in just because they: "Have to 
have a book/Just give me something."  My favorite phrase is 
"You know that book you gave me?  It really is good!"  
   Oh, and the occasional spirit week with pajama day sure is 
fun.  :)


Stacey Conrad
Library Media Specialist
Palmyra Middle/High School
PO Box 151
Palmyra, MO 63461

Subject: [Publib] Friday Question


Hope you all are enjoying as beautiful a day as we are here in 
NW Ohio.
I have asked this question once, but would like to get additional
responses. Why do you love your job? What makes you passionate 
about
what you do?
Thanks. Looking forward to reading your responses.

-- 
Susan Pieper, Director
Paulding County Carnegie Library
205 S. Main Street
Paulding, OH 45879
419-399-2032 voice and 419-399-2114 fax
Editor, Rural Library Services Newsletter
www.pauldingcountylibrary.org
www.myspace.com/pauldingcountylibrary
susanhillpieper at gmail.com
ALA Councilor-At-Large (2007-2010)
ALA-APA Councilor (2007-2010)
PLA Board of Directors
ARSL Board Member ex-officio
(Association for Rural & Small Libraries)
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