One job I had as a temp was working for a scab plumber at a local lock factory. I didn’t know anything about plumbing and am the least handy person in the world.
This is why you should hire union plumbers instead of scabs for any important home plumbing jobs, much less large […]
After temping in a few factories I learned a scary truth about unskilled factory labor. In most cases, you’re only doing the job because either they can’t find a machine that can do it efficiently or cheaply. Sometimes unskilled factory work can involve a little bit of human judgment that a computer isn’t […]
When I first starting working for a temp agency, I thought it was a great thing. I was searching for a permanent teaching job, and needed a job fast to tide me over until I could get a teaching job, and then earn enough money to make it through until the school year started. […]
Every workplace has its usual range of personalities, and some are better for the environment than others. Two of the biggest personality types, and two of most easily identified types, are whiners and winners, and it’s important to figure out which category you fall into.
Winners are the kind of people that approach […]
By Paula Gregorowicz
Rest & Relaxation (R&R) is not just a luxury for the well-to-do. It is essential to our well-being and is truly not optional. It is the lifeblood that keeps us sharp mentally and physically while giving our creative juices time to rejuvenate.
When I say R&R, what picture or words come to mind? Do […]
I have Attention Deficit Disorder and a bony ass. So do many of my students.
I was oblivious to the discomfort of my students at their student desks for many years. Most of my graduate classes involved comfortable seminar rooms. When I took an inservice course in an actual classroom a few years into my […]
When I was working at the Ragu Spaghetti Sauce factory that used to be in Rochester, NY, I learned what my name is in Italian. No, it’s not Cristofo or something cool like that.
The Ragu factory was an ethnic experience unlike any I’d ever had. Growing up in a small town […]
Throughout my career organization has been my weakest point, and that’s not good, although fairly typical for a teacher. What papers go where? What goes to the office and when? Who did I have to send a test to detention for? Who was I going to give detention to? How […]