Whenever you think of school librarians, you generally don't think of someone who's necessarily an ally. They're always telling you to be quiet, or rolling their eyes at your book selections, or stopping you from shooting dice in the old encyclopedia section.
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But at the end of the day it's important to remember that librarians are people and even if they don't seem to have the most exciting jobs on paper, that doesn't mean they aren't capable of some pretty awesome things.
Like Jennifer Lacopelli, a self-proclaimed "Badass Librarian" and writer who used her deductive reasoning and quick-thinking to un-ground a young girl and get her phone back.
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She relayed the triumphant tale on Twitter. Note: If you don't feel like reading through all the tweets below, look for our summary at the bottom.
Victory of the day, settle in folks: Student comes to the library this morning in tears. She's grounded. Her mom took away her phone.
Lesson: your friendly librarian is better at technology than you, so don't pull crap like that. I will find you and you will pay. pic.twitter.com/J99GojtgIS