Two Semesters In

Posted October 2, 2025 by June Kramer

Two semesters into my program, and now two weeks into my practicum, and I keep learning something new every day. It’s not just a cliché, it’s the reality of the SLIS program. As a student teacher at Shutesbury Elementary School, I’m discovering more about myself and about the field of librarianship consistently. Today, I was asked by a kindergarten student to read to her. Of course I obliged, and we sat crisscross on the library rug, reading a book about aliens, and then another about sweet potatoes. I felt her head fall onto my arm and realized that she had fallen asleep listening to the book. After I gently woke her up and she went back to her classroom, I let out a sigh that anyone who has ever worked with children knows: one of knowing that I am in the right field.