Comments on: NYTimes article: Lock the Library! Rowdy Students Are Taking Over http://outsidecat.com/wordvehicle/archives/483 Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:15:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: kasia http://outsidecat.com/wordvehicle/archives/483/comment-page-1#comment-24666 kasia Fri, 05 Jan 2007 16:09:35 +0000 http://outsidecat.com/wordvehicle/archives/483#comment-24666 Yeah, this is really similar to a lot of the stuff going on at Urbana Free, too. And they don't even have a security guard. I've been around a lot of really unpleasant teens and pre-teens, but I was really shocked at the stuff those kids would pull at the library. Yeah, this is really similar to a lot of the stuff going on at Urbana Free, too. And they don’t even have a security guard. I’ve been around a lot of really unpleasant teens and pre-teens, but I was really shocked at the stuff those kids would pull at the library.

]]> By: Erin http://outsidecat.com/wordvehicle/archives/483/comment-page-1#comment-24635 Erin Thu, 04 Jan 2007 15:55:40 +0000 http://outsidecat.com/wordvehicle/archives/483#comment-24635 Ahhh, so other libraries are dealing with this stuff too. We stay open until 9pm and every night I have kids that are under 12 (more like 9) in there right up until close. I think the logic is that the library is, relatively speaking, pretty safe, so parents don't worry if their kids there. They don't seem to realize the creeps that are in the library, or that crap happens outside the library, and all down the street when they let their young kids walk home in the dark. But I digress. After school we have a large clique that comes in and regularly gets tossed out by our public safety officers (who are off duty from the sheriff's department and have guns) because they aren't doing homework or using the library materials or computers, but are messing with each other, causing loud disturbances and being disrespectful. It takes a long process for them to be permanently banned from the library, too, because they don't have library cards and we only have a few of their names, so when we have to do incident reports there's not a lot of proof that it's the same kid involved. Ahhh, so other libraries are dealing with this stuff too. We stay open until 9pm and every night I have kids that are under 12 (more like 9) in there right up until close. I think the logic is that the library is, relatively speaking, pretty safe, so parents don’t worry if their kids there. They don’t seem to realize the creeps that are in the library, or that crap happens outside the library, and all down the street when they let their young kids walk home in the dark.

But I digress. After school we have a large clique that comes in and regularly gets tossed out by our public safety officers (who are off duty from the sheriff’s department and have guns) because they aren’t doing homework or using the library materials or computers, but are messing with each other, causing loud disturbances and being disrespectful. It takes a long process for them to be permanently banned from the library, too, because they don’t have library cards and we only have a few of their names, so when we have to do incident reports there’s not a lot of proof that it’s the same kid involved.

]]> By: Miss E http://outsidecat.com/wordvehicle/archives/483/comment-page-1#comment-24589 Miss E Wed, 03 Jan 2007 00:45:07 +0000 http://outsidecat.com/wordvehicle/archives/483#comment-24589 I find this to be the most curious part of this post: <i>Happy Blitt contributed research.</i> Someone is actually named <i>Happy Blitt</i>? I find this to be the most curious part of this post:

Happy Blitt contributed research.

Someone is actually named Happy Blitt?

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