Tonight, I will be submitting my 6th yearbook. I hate to think of
the first yearbook I submitted in Fosston years ago - Listen, if you
ever have the chance to be yearbook advisor - walk away - run away!
It's the one publication that everyone finds every single mistake and
then, tells you about it. You thought you sent the best book ever made
until ... it's in other people's hands. And let me tell you this, kids
aren't always very nice in their criticisms. Parents neither. But as
every year, I believe this is the best one ever!
If
you are ever the yearbook advisor, I will tell you this - if there is a
mistake - even a big mistake - say you forgot a senior in the yearbook -
or the company puts the wrong school on the cover, it's not the end of
the world. Don't let anyone tell you it is either because no one got physically hurt making this yearbook.
You are human - and guess what? I tell kids that there are Obama problems and there are yearbook problems. This works in many other instances - like curbing drama - and I mean drama with a small d - the kind of drama that shrinks your brain. They tell me how awful there friend is and I say "Well, this is not an Obama problem, this is a small annoyance let's not go overboard." They usually laugh.
You can call in your staff and remind them of the importance of proof reading. Remember it as a life lesson - and maybe do a google search of famous typos and mistakes and remember how they moved on.
