Day 11 - March 20, 2007

TUESDAY -- There were a lot of kids in the library today. Although there were not that many reference questions, the homework helpers were busy and the computer terminals were occupied. I was kept busy doing the finishing touches to the paper aprons that Theresa will use for Headstart Family Night next week. I finished them in under an hour since it was just pasting the round paper in the middle of the brown-bag aprons they made. The round white paper I was pasting was supposedly a pizza dough that the pre-schoolers will fill with "pizza ingredients." I was amazed with the creativity the librarians had when it comes to arts and crafts and how such projects relate to the stories they read. I was told that they get these ideas from discussion groups, from some books and magazines. It's a skill I must learn if I want to become a children's librarian.

We had our daily visitor Moses who again had to be told to leave. The boy makes me nervous. He left but there were still some minor discipline issues we had to deal with. There is a section in the library that is reserved for middle-school students and there were little kids playing loudly in there. Cecil asked me to clear the room. I was a bit apprehensive but Cecil said "gentle but firm" and that I have to eventually learn to do it anyway. So I did it and yelled at these kids and told them to "get the heck out of Dodge!!!" Haha, just kidding...of course I was gentle and had a big smile when I told them that the room is for older children. The little one asked "but why?" and I had to say, "cos you're not old 'nuff!" After this little disciplinary action I was successful in implementing, I got a bit confident about saying "NO!" to patrons asking for a stapler. Yeah, I'm so strict now, please call me Dora the Enforcer! :o)

Talk about that Dora...you know, the famous Dora of exploring fame...tonight there was this mother of two little boys who asked me if I was new in the library because she has not seen me before. I said yes, and that I am an intern. She asked me what my name was and I said "I'm Dora." To which she replied, "Oh, and you look just like her, too!" Ah...what...HUH? She did not just say that!


Okay, here's a picture of me when I was in pre-school. Honestly...do you think I look like her? I guess one thing we have in common is that when I was little, my head was unnaturally big for my body...it took a while for the rest of me to catch up. I'm going to have to look into acquiring "Boots" the monkey! Harharhar!