The librarian sez: SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Two of those girls are going to be HEART-BREAKERS when they grow older.

I love the hipster girl with the librarian glasses. She is so funny.

Dude, enough of the creepy ex-girlfriend routine. So I booted you from my Facebook account. Who cares? Get a life.

>> ^blankfist:

"In addition to 'teaching', an educator also needs to be a leader, a negotiator, a salesman, a disciplinarian, a politician, an administrator, a motivator, a receptionist, an advocate, a librarian, a manager, a public relations agent, a psychologist, an entertainer, an accountant, and for some students, a parent. If you are a music teacher, you get even more hats - arranger, copyist, bus scheduler, event planner, fund raiser, critic, graphic designer, contractor etc. (Running a high school band is like running a business, complete with a board, fundraiser income, expenses, employees, audits, etc.)"
lol

"In addition to 'teaching', an educator also needs to be a leader, a negotiator, a salesman, a disciplinarian, a politician, an administrator, a motivator, a receptionist, an advocate, a librarian, a manager, a public relations agent, a psychologist, an entertainer, an accountant, and for some students, a parent. If you are a music teacher, you get even more hats - arranger, copyist, bus scheduler, event planner, fund raiser, critic, graphic designer, contractor etc. (Running a high school band is like running a business, complete with a board, fundraiser income, expenses, employees, audits, etc.)"

lol

I went to the library today & asked for a book on suicide

The librarian said "No......You won't bring it back"

>> ^dystopianfuturetoday:

In addition to 'teaching', an educator also needs to be a leader, a negotiator, a salesman, a disciplinarian, a politician, an administrator, a motivator, a receptionist, an advocate, a librarian, a manager, a public relations agent, a psychologist, an entertainer, an accountant, and for some students, a parent. If you are a music teacher, you get even more hats - arranger, copyist, bus scheduler, event planner, fund raiser, critic, graphic designer, contractor etc. (Running a high school band is like running a business, complete with a board, fundraiser income, expenses, employees, audits, etc.)


And yet I wonder why these super geniuses settle for teaching instead of using just some of the myriad of skills you listed and become the next big inventor, or the next great physicist, or the next big whatever. Yet instead, even with those over-qualifications (if we're to take your word for it), they choose to work so much harder for fewer rewards (again if we're to take your word).

Sounds totally legit.

>> ^dystopianfuturetoday:

I know you grew up in a region of the country that does not have high educational standards (and cruel stereotypes that reinforce these low standards), so I don't doubt that you've had more than your fair share of bad teachers.


Emphasis mine. Trolololo. Actually this is classic elitism. To you my geographical location, specifically that I grew up in the South, makes me inferior in every respect to people like you who grew up near richer Metropolitan areas. I know you're trying to goad me, but I also think you really believe some of that. It's the priggish nature of the elitist.

You can try to disassociate yourself from the Southern school system because of how people like you look down on them, but at the end of the day that system is still a product of your ideal one-size-fits-all Prussian school model no matter the location. To mock any part of it is to mock all of it.

>> ^dystopianfuturetoday:

I grew up in middle class Southern California, with teachers that were paid fairly, schools that were well funded and parents that involved themselves in the academic lives of their children. (3 of the biggest factors in student achievement). Out of the 40+ teachers I had from K-12, I can think of two that were bad.


Still, here in Los Angeles the charter schools and/or private schools tend to perform the best. Even with all the unions and heavy spending that goes on, the public schools just cannot outperform the charters/private schools. That's got to sting a bit for those in support of public schools and teacher unions.

How hard could it be? You show up and communicate information within your field of expertise. The students take it all in. Job done.

It's not that simple.

You would have a very different perspective if you ever tried teaching yourself.

If you were responsible for educating 200 - 300 students with different learning styles, different motivating factors, different attention levels, different levels of discipline, different levels of comprehension, different types of psychology, different levels of intelligence, different levels of interest, different levels of sanity, different stages of physiological development (AKA puberty), etc. you'd get it.

In addition to 'teaching', an educator also needs to be a leader, a negotiator, a salesman, a disciplinarian, a politician, an administrator, a motivator, a receptionist, an advocate, a librarian, a manager, a public relations agent, a psychologist, an entertainer, an accountant, and for some students, a parent. If you are a music teacher, you get even more hats - arranger, copyist, bus scheduler, event planner, fund raiser, critic, graphic designer, contractor etc. (Running a high school band is like running a business, complete with a board, fundraiser income, expenses, employees, audits, etc.)

The 'teaching' part is the easiest part of the job. If there weren't so many responsibilities outside of the actual 'teaching', you and chilaxe would have a point. And, I haven't even mentioned dealing with administrators and parents, which is an art in and of itself.

I know you grew up in a region of the country that does not have high educational standards (and cruel stereotypes that reinforce these low standards), so I don't doubt that you've had more than your fair share of bad teachers. If anything, I think you have first hand experience of what happens when public education is neglected and underfunded. If you get the cuts you want in education, you will be saddling future generations with the same substandard education you experienced growing up. Is that really what you want?

I grew up in middle class Southern California, with teachers that were paid fairly, schools that were well funded and parents that involved themselves in the academic lives of their children. (3 of the biggest factors in student achievement). Out of the 40+ teachers I had from K-12, I can think of two that were bad (one was a morbidly obese right wing history teacher that spent as much time praising Reagan and Capitalism as he did teaching history, the other was a self-loathing Science teacher who seemed to fear any kind of social interaction). I can think of 14 that were exceptional teachers and human beings - I'm still in touch with a few of them. The rest were competent at their jobs, if not particularly memorable.

I got good grades and received a half scholarship to a prominent west coast university (fight on). Since then I've had the luxury of being able to play music for a living (and occasionally teach or compose). Public education did me a solid.

PS: I like when you share stories from your life with me. I find it much more moving and persuasive than being called a statist idiot.

maybe he meant to write 'librarian'...

I'm jumping in.

I have had a huge distaste for all of this, on both sides.. but more so on the protestor's side.

Even though I myself would never ban dancing at the memorial (I don't agree there should be a law in place there concerning it), it doesn't change the fact that I can see *why* such a law was made. And that why makes at least *some* sense. That doesn't mean I agree with it, I can simply see why someone would want that area to be free of as much disturbance as possible. If dancing is allowed, that means loud noisy dancing would technically be allowed.. no, there's no video of that happening.. but still.

So the law makes at least a little bit of sense; why then must the cops be taunted into arresting people over it? Why do that for such a stupid little law? By doing that they've turned this whole thing into something it isn't. There's no real victory here. This law wasn't oppressing anything but a possible cardio work out at most.

Should these people go to librarys now and start making noise to overthrow the horrible library sized police-states the "Please keep your voice down." draconian librarians enforce? I mean, by the logic of this protest they should, shouldn't they?

I believe a law should be protested if it doesn't make sense, and / or it harms innocents (truely oppresses). This law they're "fighting" is neither. And I think the real purpose of this rally is to get that one guy, who makes sure to end up in every video I've seen involving this, gain more following. I'm pretty sure he has his own agenda (for better or worse) here, and that's what I really don't like.

What about the college block party that was broken up by riot police that just happened recently? That's something Id respect fighting against, among so many other things. This was an easy fight, an easy win and now he's showing up on news channels claiming victory.. I think there was more driving the person(s) who put this together then simple expression of freedom. I'm not denying I could be wrong, I just heavily suspect otherwise.

Yes, a lot of us are tired of all the crap we've been seeing lately.. and this to some feels like a first step victory against all that.. and thus some are rallying behind this. I really see all of this as a play (politcal move) by the organizers. Sorry.

That's what *I* think.

1. I can dance the tango, amongst other ballroom dances, and have won dance contests.

2. My father is a major part of space history – he was a range safety officer, blowing up missiles that went off course in the early days of the missile program – has destroyed more missiles than anyone else and no one is likely to ever catch up to him, since they know what they are doing now.

3. I love to tell stories, and when I travel, I write stories in my head to tell when I get home (did I ever tell you about spending an hour – at 10 pm in the winter night -- talking to the lone Scottish soldier guarding Edinburgh Castle and what he told me about kilts and Scottish pride?)

4. I am vain about my ears.

5. The only thing I have ever given birth to is a theater company, now defunct for ten years, and I am very proud that folks still mourn its passing. We did GREAT STUFF.

6. I am hypercritical and judgmental of others, but I am hardest of all on myself.

7. Once I moved to hippy haven Port Townsend, I grew out my armpit hair to see if I could blend in with the natives – and then scared myself in the shower because I thought it was a spider.

8. One of my best friends is my Oklahoma cousin, which is remarkable because we have never spent more than a week in each others company in five decades.

9. The precept I try to live by: “Everyone is doing the best they can in any given moment. Their best may stink, and you may need to avoid them, but it is indeed the best they can do.” I’m still hypercritical and judgmental. Even though I believe this to the core of my being.

10. I have cheated at Scrabble online.

11. I have had eight teeth pulled and braces, but my teeth are still crowded.

12. I am vain about my eyebrows.

13. I love telling jokes.

14. I was born in Alaska.

15. My mother died in 1988 and I still miss her terribly. She was funny and caring and smart.

16. Typing number 15 made me cry, which surprised me.

17. I paid $1,500 for a lifetime pass to the local arts cinema 14 years ago, which turned out to be a great investment – they recently sold some more and wanted $5,000 (that did include popcorn for life, but still).

18. I didn’t talk to my father for two years because he was an asshole when I was growing up, and now I call him every single day because he lives in a nursing home. He’s also not an asshole any more – or at least, I can walk him out of being an asshole. This transformation in our relationship is a great blessing in my life.

19. I am very very good at my job.

20. I am quick to anger.

21. I am very generous.

22. The librarians have a nickname for me. They call me The Gale, to differentiate me from all the other mere Gales, Gayles and Gails in town.

23. I have never lived anyplace with so many people named Gale/Gayle/Gail.

24. I am happy on the first day of winter and sad on the first day of summer – because the days are so frigging short in winter and they start to get longer on the Winter Solstice. And verse visa for Summer – it means the days are getting quickly shorter.

25. This list was interrupted by my friend Deb, and we went across the street for lemon drop martinis and baked poblana peppers and cheese. My friend Deb says that #25 should be: Once upon a time, I kissed too many boys.

I thought you said "librarians"

>> ^berticus:

Shhhhh! </librarian glare>


Make me!

Shhhhh! </librarian glare>

Methinks, that some people 'methink' too hard about a video. We and you know why it got upvotes.

If you have the inside scoop to save-the-Universe™ then you should: get a job as a librarian and start shooshing the hell out of people even if they whisper (it says NO NOISE; except the loud shooshing of course), and then destroy some kids mp3 player while they're playing b-ball that was playing vulgar rap, and then pull out a ghetto blaster and pop in some Mozart. That's the way it should be.

This video to me needs no "I'm sorry I didn't immediately come to the conclusion that it could be meant for something else!" or "Jeez, I just thought it was a straightforward media screw up. I'm sorry I didn't notice in time, send me to the Gulag...".

Perception "preceptions".

Remember: Clowns see a balloon and think of ways to tie it into knots for children. Scientists see a balloon and wonder how it can blow up without popping, and then why and how it does pop.

Why is this "perception injunction" getting more popular on Videosift? Then people feel a need (or inclined) to apologize? It's one thing to point it out, it's another to demand (nearly) that all that made no such distinction, on a video from the Internet with no pre-context found to be amusing out of context, demands a "morale force brigade" to harangue anyone involved in this obvious malfeasance by the "Sifties" of the Videosift upvoting public.

Shame on us. Shame on us !

(*goes back to watching "Whose Line Is It" clips...*)

I'm glad I watched the whole thing...it was very informative especially about the Librarians and the Gag orders.

EDIT: It appears I spoke to soon because some guy just went in-FUCKING-sane repeatedly demanding an answer to the question who kills more people government or corporations. Not only is it beside the point of what this discussion was fundamentally about, but it was asked in a sort of wild-eyed psychotic conspiratorial way that placed a "The End is Near" sign around the spokesholes neck! It honestly upset me how crazy this person sounded because you could sense his desperation to be relevant while having his ass throughly handed to him but a much cleverer commentator.