Today I had three helpers with getting the learning commons set up:
Janine, an Educator Assistant and fellow Brazilian, who scanned the books as they were sorted into piles
And two thirteen-year-old girls whose moms are teachers at the school.
Good god, those girls worked hard! They sorted through not one, not two, not three, but 13 boxes. Hot damn.
On retrospect, I think it’s kinda great to have some of the kids help decide what’s in good condition, what needs repair, and what should be weeded out. Sometimes we adults can be overly picky about aspects of a damaged book that kids couldn’t care less about while not notice something they’d consider major. Different priorities, I guess.
And this way they also get a say in what might be a bit mangled but they really love and think we should keep until we have a replacement, and ultimately they get a say on their library’s collection.
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