Now that I know a little something about credit, and have none, it’s interesting to look at credit card solicitations. Now that I’ve been officially bankrupt a while and securing my place on the bottom of the credit chain, I’m starting to get lots of solicitations from the bottom feeders of the credit industry. […]
Yesterday, I fixed a problem with an Excel Spreadsheet. To most people, that probably doesn’t sound like a big deal, but it was to me.
I’m not a numbers person. Ever since I took my SAT’s in 11th grade, that fact has been painfully obvious. I’ve always been a classic verbal/linguistic […]
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 […]
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 […]
I worked as a temp for a few days in a factory that specialized, at least while I worked there, in putting the labels on Fisher Price Toys. The line I worked on put the alphabet on the Little People farm silos.
I started the morning in quality control, going through box after […]