{"id":426,"date":"2007-12-15T13:01:26","date_gmt":"2007-12-15T13:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/ubalblog\/2007\/12\/15\/the-irony\/"},"modified":"2012-10-19T04:52:48","modified_gmt":"2012-10-19T04:52:48","slug":"the-irony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/ubalblog\/2007\/12\/15\/the-irony\/","title":{"rendered":"The Irony"},"content":{"rendered":"

[<\/strong> \"Sleepy\" Mood:<\/strong> Sleepy ]<\/strong>
[<\/strong> \"Working Currently:<\/strong> Working on the grocery list ]<\/strong>
So Thursday I went to the library to pay off some fines and deal with a book my students had lost. It cost me $50, but then I could take out books again.<\/p>\n

On Friday, my students had silent reading. As they were digging for books in the library, they came across one of the books, Through My Eyes<\/a>, by Ruby Bridges.<\/p>\n

No problem, take it back you say. No. If you pay for a book that is lost, you can’t bring it back. Well you can, but you won’t get the money back. Something about the library’s computer system.<\/p>\n

Since I wanted to buy the book anyways, and this one is a fully protected library copy, I am not too upset.<\/p>\n

But oh, the irony.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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