I spend most of my time during school in the library. While in there, it is only natural that i develop an inner hunger which must be fulfilled. I slowly pull out something to eat, which I will clean up after, and i hear the familiar voice of a librarian saying, "no food in the library." I then argue with her for a couple of minutes which results in my getting kicked out. What gets me the most is how the librarians eat food in the library all the time! it makes no sense. Why does this rule not apply to them? Another rule about the library, which i hate, is the "no gaming" policy. In one instance, I was sitting alone playing super smash brothers, a game downloaded onto my computer, which takes up none of the school's precious internet. I had headphones and was not disrupting anybody. A librarian then goes out of her way to come behind me and look at my computer, a total invasion of my privacy. She then proceeds to kick me out. Sometimes life isn't fair, but this is simply rediculous. I love the library, and spend most of my time there, but the librarians are making it a place of constant paranoia where you are forced to always be on the look out for lurking librarians trying to kick you out. I hope someday our library will be a place of laughter and smiles where children are free to game and eat as they please.
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
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maybe you could talk w/ your librarian about dedicated gaming machines or gaming times, and look up stuff about how other libraries incorporate gaming into their programming.
ReplyDeletefor example...
http://www.aadl.org/aadlgt
however, be reasonable. i'm sure you're responsible about eating in the library and how you use their computers, but imagine the worst things people could look at and install on computers. now imagine the messiest, most disgusting things that could happen as a result of people eating in the library. as a librarian, i gotta tell you, the things you've just imagined totally happen. the rules are an attempt to make sure they don't.