Do I Care?

By and large, I've found becoming a secondary level teacher librarian interesting. I'm still working out some of the prickly spots, but still am enjoying the atmosphere of serious learning and high school hi-jinx. Yesterday, though, an passing comment from a student has me thinking. I checked on my one student completing an on-line course. It was Friday, last block, so I wasn't horribly surprised that he was taking a game break. He's a self-motivated kind of student. He's making steady, if unspectacular progress. He wants to graduate, so he'll get it done. He automatically switched screens when I came in - students aren't supposed to be playing games in the library.
I said, "go back, it looks interesting." He showed me the battle strategy game and explained a little to me. His comment to my checking was that he didn't think I would care (about the game playing). I told him I did care, about the school work, him and his progress, but that I trusted him as a 17 year old to manage his own time responsibly. There was no one else around him and he was taking a break. No big deal.
It's definitely time to think about my philosophy of what libraries are for and what my responsibilities to my students are.