First Day of School | The Librarian Perspective

This article is from the Houston Chronicle--I think it applies to Oklahoma Librarians as well...

As I worked in the library getting it ready for students, I saw numerous classes pass by in the hall. When they looked into the library, I waved at them. The nice thing about elementary students is that they are happy to wave back. Their wide-eyed vulnerability and sweetness, and the teachers' preparedness, competence and caring, made the whole day a special day for everyone.

As a class of first-graders was leaving the library, a small boy said to me, "I miss my daddy." Touched, I said, "He must be a wonderful dad." The boy said, "He's in jail." How sad that such a little person has to bear something like that.