It's been a fun filled week. It started off with my first official sub job. I worked a 6th grade class. I have always thought elementary teachers worked harder than high school teachers and i confirmed that with this sub session. I enjoyed it and the students were good and needily helpful.
The next item was our daughter moving off to college. If that doesn't shake you a bit. All the stereotypical pictures rolled through my mind of a young girl and her first day of school, fast forwarded to leaving for a school hours away. Great adventure handed out all around on this event.
My part time job in the park has the title of Cave Utility. Sunday lived up to that description. I opened gates, picked trash from the parking lot; sold stuffed bats; talked with people from San Francisco, North Carolina, Virginia; and relocated a rattlesnake. The little guy is now in his new area away from the cave entrance and people, but not before coming towards me when I first set him free and not without trying to escape from the snake pole as I whisked him away to his new home.
And not to be forgotten on the list of events this week is coming home to the enthusiastic greetings of family and a clogged sewer line. Oh, the joys of living in an older house.
Monday, August 17, 2015
Thursday, August 6, 2015
Beginning of Year Two
Today is the first day of school in our small town. It is also the second First Day of School I will not be attending. Changing jobs has made that possible. I still hear the bells and get a feeling of urgency in my belly, but I don't get up and move to a room. I'm signing up to substitute teach. It's good money for a days work and I can say no if I have something to do.
The bigger thought running through my brain is what makes a person stay at a job, and what makes them stay? This is aside from trading their work for money so they may survive. Why do some people stay at a job for 30-40 years and others move on every 5 or less. It seems like having workers stay on for longer times would be beneficial for a company or work situation. I just read of a person mentioning that in the two plus years they have been on their job, they have had 3 VP's and 2 Supervisors. Seems like a big turnover in key positions. Made me wonder and this is my working theory at this time.
People fall into two categories: those that can adapt when the situation logically calls for change and those that have a difficult time changing. Jobs are in two similar groups: Those that change and improve when something isn't working and those jobs that change for change's sake or to chase the latest fad or goal imposed from outside.
I'm glad this is my second missed First Day of School.
The bigger thought running through my brain is what makes a person stay at a job, and what makes them stay? This is aside from trading their work for money so they may survive. Why do some people stay at a job for 30-40 years and others move on every 5 or less. It seems like having workers stay on for longer times would be beneficial for a company or work situation. I just read of a person mentioning that in the two plus years they have been on their job, they have had 3 VP's and 2 Supervisors. Seems like a big turnover in key positions. Made me wonder and this is my working theory at this time.
People fall into two categories: those that can adapt when the situation logically calls for change and those that have a difficult time changing. Jobs are in two similar groups: Those that change and improve when something isn't working and those jobs that change for change's sake or to chase the latest fad or goal imposed from outside.
I'm glad this is my second missed First Day of School.
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