I’m Tiffany, best known for having a sense of humor equal to that of dry toast. You will learn from the timing of my posts that I live on the edge, not necessarily by choice. I love everything 80s except leggings and banana clips. I have a BA in World Literature from NYU. I got a Cert in Library Technology from DVC (a local JC) last year. I have 6-year-old twins and after spending a year in private school because I couldn’t stomach the public school system in our area, we’ve decided to try our hand at homeschooling. I had never given information literacy a single thought until I had kids, but now find myself pondering how the education of every single person in my community directly informs their decisions, which in turn effects my family and I and our decisions. I would love to say that I am focusing a career on these ponderings, but admit my heart’s not there. Yet. I would love to work in a super fun archive that has a library, or a super awesome library that does some fun, archivey stuff. I’m kind of over the Bay Area and social media, but I love Baynet. I try to attend all local libraryish events possible because being in a room full of people excited about information makes me happy. Additionally, I also love being in school again, although I struggle with the 100% online thing. The most useful thing I’ve learned over the past year is that I’m really good at overscheduling and underestimating time (but knowing is half the battle, so yay!) Looking forward to a positive and productive semester with you all!
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I remember the days when I worried about what my children were learning. We lived in Arkansas and after ONE WEEK in the public schools where I saw that there were half empty library shelves, one computer in a classroom with no lessons, P.E. was a teacher watching the kids play kickball, music was singing in the classroom, and art was once every two weeks with a parent volunteer… I took them out and enrolled them in a private school.
I have worked in public, school, and a prison library and have done just about every aspect of library jobs you can think of (except archiving) so if you have any questions, feel free to email me!
Hi Tiffany!!
I was homeschooled, and while it’s not for everyone, I am *SO* grateful my parents did it with me! I was…uneven…in school. Tested at above sophomore in college level reading (basically, beat every test they had. That was as far as they went) and 4th grade math when I was in 6th grade. So homeschooling was a way for me to learn at my own pace – fast or slow – and not be confined to grade norms. I caught up in math and graduated at 16, and was a straight A college student. So I’m a fan of the idea! 😉 But it is a lot of work, and people can give you a lot of flack for it, especially people that have never tried it….haha.
The biggest concern I’ve heard is the socialization concern. But I did 4-h, ballet, and played with the neighbor kids for hours everyday. Plus, I feel like I spent more time around adults and greatly benefited for it because of homeschooling.
Anyways, just a little of encouragement from someone who thanks her mom at least twice a year for homeschooling me….and good luck!