The Boy Who Was Raised by Librarians (or in this case the grad student)

Wow. I've been looking back over journal entries and thinking about my internship and have realized some stuff. What have I realized?

• Kids really do smell fear.
• Parents can be your greatest ally or your worst enemy.
• The day is not complete until you've had to use a glue stick or scissors.
• Re-shelving books in children's nonfiction is a form of cruel and unusual punishment.
• Librarians spend more time drooling over the new books than many of the kids.
• Not everyone knows their library manners....
• Animals in the library are both a blessing and a curse. (Don't tap the glass!)
  
• All of the madness is worth it when two little arms wrap around you and say, "Thank you Miss Alyssa!"
• I want to be a children's librarian!

And for those of you who scoff at the idea that an internship can open doors for you, I present you with this story. The day after my internship ended, I got a call from one of the staff members telling me about an open circulation clerk position. I turned in my application on a Monday and that Thursday I was called back and asked if Monday and Thursday evenings were good for me. Hooray for a library job!!!!