Okay, I have a question. I just read an article on Laura Bush and some such, an in the article it mentioned that she quit working as a librarian when she was 31
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I started thinking about my parents with this issue. My mom was trained as a teacher, taught drama and English and put my dad through medical school, but hasn't taught since about the same time as Laura Bush quit librarianing. (I like that word.) However, she did stay in education issues for a long time. She was the best Sunday school teacher because she knew how to teach. And she started and organized a program where community members could volunteer at the local school as teacher's aides and worked in it for quite a while.
I think she's always enjoy teaching in whatever form she does it. There's a certain soul to the job she won't lose. (For years she has toyed with taking the high school drama job whenever it comes open.) However, she doesn't call herself a teacher, probably because she hasn't been in the profession for a long, long time. She doesn't know current theory or practice, and she's not even licensed in the state. I'm glad she stayed home with us kids, and she was glad too. But I think it's the profession you'
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See, I agree about the "soul" of a job. There are professions out there that I consider vocations..callings. You do them and are involved in them even if you don't do it professionally, even if you've never gotten a degree.
Teaching is one of those. Doctoring is another. Artisting is another. And to me, Librarianing (I like that word too) is the same way. You don't stop being a librarian just cause you don't have a job. But by the same time, she's not participated in the field in almost thirty years, and unlike art, techniques and methods are drastically different than they were thirty years ago. If she just said, "I'm a former librarian, and libraries are always going to be close to my heart." I would be proud. But calling herself a librarian, when she probably doesn't even know MARC 21 seems a bit frustrating for me.
Dude. One of these days, I need to sit down and talk to you about librarian...ness. Cause right now, that's my number-one choice for grad school and you make all kinds of sense and have library pride and somesuch and and and yes. With the rockage.
Hee. I'd be happy to talk with you about it. By the way, did you know what professional organization was the first in the country to address Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual issues? Yup. The ALA. The American Library Association.
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I think she's always enjoy teaching in whatever form she does it. There's a certain soul to the job she won't lose. (For years she has toyed with taking the high school drama job whenever it comes open.) However, she doesn't call herself a teacher, probably because she hasn't been in the profession for a long, long time. She doesn't know current theory or practice, and she's not even licensed in the state. I'm glad she stayed home with us kids, and she was glad too. But I think it's the profession you' ( ... )
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Teaching is one of those. Doctoring is another. Artisting is another. And to me, Librarianing (I like that word too) is the same way. You don't stop being a librarian just cause you don't have a job. But by the same time, she's not participated in the field in almost thirty years, and unlike art, techniques and methods are drastically different than they were thirty years ago. If she just said, "I'm a former librarian, and libraries are always going to be close to my heart." I would be proud. But calling herself a librarian, when she probably doesn't even know MARC 21 seems a bit frustrating for me.
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...Yay libraries. *nods coherently*
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