Preparing for Book Fair
Putting up posters in the hall
Telling kids to watch the advertisement video
Giving them stickers with monkeys on them
Handing out tabloids about the books
Rescheduling bus duty from the library to somewhere else
Getting volunteers for chili supper
Getting teacher wish lists
Wondering why I have to do this to make money for books for kids (the kids are spending their families’ money)
Knowing that the kids won’t have enough money to buy books ($3.99 is the cheapest)and so they will buy junk–erasers, pencils, bookmarks instead
There’s something oxymoronic about all this.