Error at work while Hypo :(

[AndBreathe]

On quite a high level, I think it's unreasonable that any member of staff should know the content of all the books on the shelves.

From a mitigation perspective I wonderd if there could be some label coding for content (red dot for swearing, blue dot (obviously for sex, and so on), but that could just be used by the brighter kids to select the naughtiest books in whatever way they choose.

Lauren, there isn't one of us hasn't dropped a brick of some sort in our lived. When those are "bigger" mistakes (to us anyway), in my experience, they aren't repeated. How you feel is an indication of how much you care.

My advice would be to bank the experience in the pile marked unwanted, but valuable, and move on.

 

[CliffH]

On quite a high level, I think it's unreasonable that any member of staff should know the content of all the books on the shelves.

From a mitigation perspective I wonderd if there could be some label coding for content (red dot for swearing, blue dot (obviously for sex, and so on), but that could just be used by the brighter kids to select the naughtiest books in whatever way they choose.

Lauren, there isn't one of us hasn't dropped a brick of some sort in our lived. When those are "bigger" mistakes (to us anyway), in my experience, they aren't repeated. How you feel is an indication of how much you care.

My advice would be to bank the experience in the pile marked unwanted, but valuable, and move on.

I bet if Adam and Eve hadn't been told, "You can't eat the fruit from the Tree of Knowledge", they wouldn't have given it a second glance

 

[debs248]

I'm sure the child will be fine, it's just that there may be fallout from the parents.

In any case it's not Lauren's fault if the school system allowed a year 6 to choose that particular book. (Not saying the system shouldn't have btw, just that if there  was any failing it wasn't at individual staff member level)

 

[CliffH]

I'm sure the child will be fine, it's just that there may be fallout from the parents.

In any case it's not Lauren's fault if the school system allowed a year 6 to choose that particular book. (Not saying the system shouldn't have btw, just that if there  was any failing it wasn't at individual staff member level)

If I'd been a child at that school I'd have taken it as a challenge to get the 'wrong' books out of the library

 

[CliffH]

On quite a high level, I think it's unreasonable that any member of staff should know the content of all the books on the shelves.

From a mitigation perspective I wonderd if there could be some label coding for content (red dot for swearing, blue dot (obviously for sex, and so on), but that could just be used by the brighter kids to select the naughtiest books in whatever way they choose.

Lauren, there isn't one of us hasn't dropped a brick of some sort in our lived. When those are "bigger" mistakes (to us anyway), in my experience, they aren't repeated. How you feel is an indication of how much you care.

My advice would be to bank the experience in the pile marked unwanted, but valuable, and move on.

If I were a child with that system, I'd see if I could succeed at swapping the labels over between different 'grades' of book

 

[AndBreathe]

If I were a child with that system, I'd see if I could succeed at swapping the labels over between different 'grades' of book

You're clearly just a very naughty boy indeed.

 

[CliffH]

You're clearly just a very naughty boy indeed.

Can we say "challenging" rather than "naughty"? . I used to make it my mission to try to prove the teachers wrong. When my English teacher had the temerity once to criticise my punctuation, I pointed out that, "Shakespeare wasn't consistent with his punctuation". She just replied, "You're not Shakespeare"

 

[Lauren]

I’m guessing the complaint is more about same sex relationships in Heartstopper and while it’s cosy queer lit and the format makes it feel young it’s got a big storyline about mental health and eating disorders too. None of it is ‘bad’ but it can get quite heavy. The popularity of the Netflix show means it’s a name that’s recognised and the pastel books make it look childish. It’s in that borderline territory for 10 year olds. We as parents never restricted our kids’ reading but as a school librarian I can imagine it’s a hard line to navigate.

Is there a policy at school for kids to be able to access queer lit without parental knowledge? It can become a safeguarding issue if a kid is exploring their sexuality and the family aren’t supportive.

Not a policy (yet) but students are free to borrow age-appropriate books of any genre and are able to leave in the library, lockers or in tutor rooms if they are not comfortable taking a book home. They are also welcome to browse and read in the library without the book going onto their account. Parents are unable to access their borrower records to see what they have borrowed but the problem might be when parents see the books at home (particularly with our younger students). It's something I will have to raise with SLT.

 

[Lauren]

If I were a child with that system, I'd see if I could succeed at swapping the labels over between different 'grades' of book

We would have been great friends at school

 

[Lauren]

I'm sure the child will be fine, it's just that there may be fallout from the parents.

In any case it's not Lauren's fault if the school system allowed a year 6 to choose that particular book. (Not saying the system shouldn't have btw, just that if there  was any failing it wasn't at individual staff member level)

The books are clearly labelled and the catalogue prompts me to check ages. This incident happened when there was a rush to take out books at the end of the literacy lesson as the kids were leaving and I was distracted and struggling with low blood sugar. I should have stopped serving and flagged it with the children's teacher, so on me entirely unfortunately. But it's been a good opportunity to review how I do things. I'm so glad it wasn't something worse than Heartstopper!

 

[Lauren]

On quite a high level, I think it's unreasonable that any member of staff should know the content of all the books on the shelves.

From a mitigation perspective I wonderd if there could be some label coding for content (red dot for swearing, blue dot (obviously for sex, and so on), but that could just be used by the brighter kids to select the naughtiest books in whatever way they choose.

Lauren, there isn't one of us hasn't dropped a brick of some sort in our lived. When those are "bigger" mistakes (to us anyway), in my experience, they aren't repeated. How you feel is an indication of how much you care.

My advice would be to bank the experience in the pile marked unwanted, but valuable, and move on.

I have a good labelling system in the library, I was just having a bad day and was super distracted. I have definitely learned from this though!

 

[CliffH]

Not a policy (yet) but students are free to borrow age-appropriate books of any genre and are able to leave in the library, lockers or in tutor rooms if they are not comfortable taking a book home. They are also welcome to browse and read in the library without the book going onto their account. Parents are unable to access their borrower records to see what they have borrowed but the problem might be when parents see the books at home (particularly with our younger students). It's something I will have to raise with SLT.

... and if SLT still aren't happy, tell them that you know a gaggle of under-employed diabetics who are just itching to come and re-design their library system for them.

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

I have a good labelling system in the library, I was just having a bad day and was super distracted. I have definitely learned from this though!

My brain can get very hyper-focussed on “just finish this task before thinking about anything else” when hypo Lauren. So I see what happened as entirely wrapped up in the altered thinking / behaviour patterns that can be bundled up with a brain misfiring through lack of glucose.

Good that you are reviewing procedures, and looking for ways to help if the unfortunate combo of extreme busyness and low BG happens again, but be kind to yourself too, and guard your thinking / internal language and how you are talking to yourself about it. Understanding what happened and how to avoid repeats: Good. Blame and chastising yourself for ‘failing to act’ and ‘getting it wrong’: Less helpful.

 

[Inka]

I have a good labelling system in the library, I was just having a bad day and was super distracted. I have definitely learned from this though!

Don’t blame yourself @Lauren A colleague made a mistake recently, of a similar kind to yours, and - guess what - they’re not diabetic. They just had other stuff going on in their life. It happens to us all.