Sunday, September 05, 2004
It is Labor Day here in the USA, so I thought we'd talk about work! Thank you, Mom, for posting these for me!! And yes, stay-at-home-moms and students are included!!! (If you are a student, please substitute 'job' for 'school' or 'class(es)')1. Please tell us a little bit about your job (or your classes).2. Do you enjoy your job?3. What would make your job more satisfying for you?4. Name one thing you don't like about your job.5. Do you feel you are compensated adequately for what you do?6. Any thoughts on social security and health benefits?7. What are your thoughts on the current minimum wage?8. What kind of advice do you (or would you) give your children regarding their future and their career choices?9. What is your 'dream job?'10. At what age will you be (or were you) able to retire?
1. I have been teaching music for 25 years at the same school. 4 years ago I started directing the school play because I wanted to do a musical and last year I started teaching a drama class. I teach band in grades 5 - 12 and choir grades 9 - 12 also
2. Yes, I enjoy my job!
3. I try to be careful of what I wish for. I always think about that Twilight zone episode where the person got three wishes and found out the hard way that things weren't so bad the way they were.
4. Football games.
5. We are the lowest paid teachers in the county, but I try not to think about that either.
6. Yes, but I don't type well enough to try to put it all down on this blog!!
7. I don't think it's possible for a person to afford to live and support a family on it.
8. Find something you love to do and figure out a way to make money doing it. Enjoying what you do makes it a lot easier to get up and go to work in the morning. It is very important to maintain a positive attitude too. If you tell yourself all the time that you hate something, you'll hate it!
9. I dream about my job all the time.
10. I will be 52 when I complete 30 years of teaching. I will be able to retire at that time. I probably will, at which point i will probably teach private trumpet lessons. (Or I will start a catering business!)