Adventures in Teenager-dom

Working with teenagers is difficult.

There is just no other way to put it.

I've always been centered in academic subject librarianship.  I've never had the ambition to work (in a library setting) with anyone really under the age of eighteen.

But.. working with teenagers is also really rewarding.

I have worked with kids before.  I was a summer camp counselor for six years.  I love kids.  But still, I've always held librarianship, I think, on some higher level.

These kids are smart.

Too smart sometimes.

I've kept a log of some of the more snarky things that I've heard from teenaged patrons this summer.  Including and not limited to bald face lies, ridiculous requests, and attempts at jokes that just don't work.

At least, if nothing else, it's kept me on my toes.  I could really see myself working with populations like these in the future.

Interlochen.  Always learning something new.