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November 17, 2005
Meloknee on:
Why it's good to do an internship or volunteer work before you commit to your master's program:
I do not want to be a school librarian. No way, jose.
First, I have discovered, despite my group home work, I do not like working with kids. I think the main difference is that with the group home, it was small groups, max 6 kids at a time. Even at 6 kids there was always at least a 1:3 ratio. I can't handle 20 kids at once. I just want to smack them all around. That's the other thing, at the group home, I could totally yell at them and no one cared--they weren't getting' smacked so they were happy. Oh, and when they were really crazy, I had the right to restrain them - pin them on the ground - until they calmed down.
Anyway, there are many reasons why I have determined school librarianship is not for me. When you work in a class and you don't have a teacher's aide, you can't go take a bathroom break or a coffee break. This SUCKS. This is unacceptable in my book. I have to pee, a lot. I have to be able to pee as many times a day as I want. This is a requirement of my workplace. I can't worry about leaving 20 little hellions to go pee.
I also have to have coffee whenever I want. No, not teacher's lounge coffee, real coffee. You don't get one break all day that is long enough to hit up the local coffee shop. Unacceptable.
Those are just two of the basic reasons, there are many more, but who needs more than that?
Yep, there was a time when I thought summers off and winter & spring break made up for all the hassle, but it doesn't.
There are many other arenas in the MLIS field for me to try out...what next?
Posted by meloknee at November 17, 2005 02:50 PM
Comments
Huh, I never thought about the pee thing. Teachers have it tough.
Posted by: Andrew Davis at November 17, 2005 04:29 PM
I was going to be a teacher, until they put me in a kindergarten classroom for my student teaching experience. It was complete hell, and I know EXACTLY what you mean about the pee-thing! I thought I was going to need to invest in Depends if I stayed in that field. I am so grateful I didn't become a teacher, so that student teaching experience was priceless.
You'll find something much better! :)
Posted by: lisa at November 18, 2005 12:03 PM