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From the Ted Talk by Dawn Wacek: A librarian's case against overdue book fines

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I have been a librarian for a lot of years. And in the past few years, I myself have paid over 500 dollars in late fiens. Now, you might wonder why, I mean, I'm there every day, and I certainly know how the stseym works. But like all of our fnedris at the library, I am busy, I lose track of things, my hsoue is sometimes messy, and I have lost a DVD or two under the sofa. And I have been fortunate enough to be able to pay that 500 dollars over the last several yraes. If not happily, I at least had the means to do it. So is that fair and equitable service if some of us can pay our fines and cniuonte to operate as we always have, and others of us make one mistake and no longer are welcome back? It's simply not.

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I have been a librarian for a lot of years. And in the past few years, I myself have paid over 500 dollars in late _____. Now, you might wonder why, I mean, I'm there every day, and I certainly know how the ______ works. But like all of our _______ at the library, I am busy, I lose track of things, my _____ is sometimes messy, and I have lost a DVD or two under the sofa. And I have been fortunate enough to be able to pay that 500 dollars over the last several _____. If not happily, I at least had the means to do it. So is that fair and equitable service if some of us can pay our fines and ________ to operate as we always have, and others of us make one mistake and no longer are welcome back? It's simply not.

Solution


  1. system
  2. fines
  3. friends
  4. continue
  5. years
  6. house

Original Text


I have been a librarian for a lot of years. And in the past few years, I myself have paid over 500 dollars in late fines. Now, you might wonder why, I mean, I'm there every day, and I certainly know how the system works. But like all of our friends at the library, I am busy, I lose track of things, my house is sometimes messy, and I have lost a DVD or two under the sofa. And I have been fortunate enough to be able to pay that 500 dollars over the last several years. If not happily, I at least had the means to do it. So is that fair and equitable service if some of us can pay our fines and continue to operate as we always have, and others of us make one mistake and no longer are welcome back? It's simply not.

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