Today was the last day of school. As I mentioned previously, we handle thousands of textbooks over the course of a week or so. I just wanted to give everyone a visual for that process.
Even this doesn’t give you the full effect, but you get the idea. It’s not fun, but now it’s done. 🙂
I have to admit that I was ready for this school year to end. Ever since the beginning of May, when I learned about my involuntary transfer to travel between both high schools, things have not been great for me at school. I know that I shouldn’t, but I really just see this transfer as a demotion. I feel like the hard work I’ve put into my job for five years is just being ignored. And even though I do respect seniority and our union, it’s difficult to swallow the concept of someone doing a job for one year bumping someone doing the same job for four years longer. I think that in a weird way it’s even more difficult because I’m good friends with Caroline. I don’t begrudge her the position at NCHS…and I know she’s certainly qualified. But I still can’t shake the idea that my entire career has been turned upside down and there’s not a single thing I can do about it, which sucks. What I hate the most is that I usually embrace change and just move forward doing whatever it is I can to make it work best for me. This time, though, I really feel like there’s nothing I can do. Instead of being half of a team working together in the IMC, I will be a glorified assistant whose basic function is to cover the “real” librarians’ conference periods. And no matter how anyone sugar coats it, that’s what my job now is.
I have the summer to wrap my brain around this whole thing and to mentally prepare myself for my new job. I want to do that…I just hope I can.
Is This Normal? 
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