Sometimes (interruption)

Mostly
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I know that
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my work as a
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teacher librarian
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is rarely uninterrupted
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or has long periods of time
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when I can predict
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what might happen
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or even direct, as you might
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be able to do
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in a single classroom
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with a single
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class.
But sometimes
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when it seems
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as though you barely
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get focused
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on one thing that
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needs to be
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done before
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you're
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asked for help
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needed to fix
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a computer problem
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lending
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a book
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fixing
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a photocopier
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finding a
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website link
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fixing
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a beady eye
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answering
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the phone
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chasing
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a missing order
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finding a lost
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book
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locating
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a particular item
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helping a
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colleague find a
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plan B research approach
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organising
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work
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writing merit
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certificates for good
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students
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checking the
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senior study
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lending b-
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-ooks
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recommending good
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reading
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advising a senior student
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on a misadventure submission
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putting out more
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fiction for the next
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class coming in
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repairing a broken
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chair
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cleaning off a
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graffiti tag
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finding the holiday
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borrowing display items
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printing
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for students
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lending out our fairylights [true]
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to an art student
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wondering
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if
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I
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will
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get
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enough
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time
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today
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to
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focus
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on
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anything
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at
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all
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or
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if
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this
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is
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just
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the
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way
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it's
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going
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to
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be
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today.

And I know they're work too, all those things, and needed, and important too, to the people needing that help.  But sheesh and begorrah, sometimes I'd like to get enough time to focus on one thing, just one, for more than a couple of minutes....  Most days I manage it all perfectly well, but some days it frays you 'round the edges, just a tad...

The happy (interrupted) life of teacher librarians.

Cheers

Ruth

PS. And inevitably when you do find five consecutive minutes, you have no sooner lifted that Diet Coke/coffee to your mouth than a colleague comes in, remarks on the peace and quiet and says that they'd like to have a bit of time in their day...  and then there's nothing to do but cheerfully agree (as the alternative is probably braining them, which would have health consequences for them and legal and employment-related consequences for you).