Is it any wonder that the student essays are so bad when the faculty/staff letters of recommendation are also so weak.
I read stuff that comes home from school -- both the high school and Sara's school -- and cringe. A lot.
Can I mop your brow? I am at the ready with the fearsome brow-mop.
Wash ,'Objects In Space'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Amy - Mar 01, 2012 4:59:03 am PST #24572 of 30001
Because books.
sumi - Mar 01, 2012 5:00:39 am PST #24573 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
The student essays we give one group of points for what they say and another for how it is written. (I think that part 1 is difficult to judge if part 2 is particularly weak.)
Unfortunately, we don't get to grade the letters of recommendation.
§ ita § - Mar 01, 2012 5:15:23 am PST #24574 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Thanks guys. I didn't expect to feel different about who I can be as an employee this late in the game (and lord knows what my mother's cancer had to do with it, but it was something...I'm creeped out by that), and even though there are things to bitch about and my health is for shit all the time, this is the easiest it's been for things to suck, ever. I'm grabbing onto this baby with both hands. I hope it can stay this way.
Amy - Mar 01, 2012 5:19:58 am PST #24575 of 30001
Because books.
I'm grabbing onto this baby with both hands. I hope it can stay this way.
It's awesome that you can feel that way, and I hope it keeps on, too.
le nubian - Mar 01, 2012 5:27:03 am PST #24576 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
le nubian - Mar 01, 2012 5:27:09 am PST #24577 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Ginger - Mar 01, 2012 5:39:50 am PST #24578 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Okay, reading a recommendation for a tuition waiver that begins "it is my dubious honor to recommend"
If it was a job recommendation, I might suspect it was on purpose.
Andrew Breitbart died.
I'm sorry for his family. Saying anything else would fall into the realm of things you don't say about the dead.
Amy - Mar 01, 2012 5:41:52 am PST #24579 of 30001
Because books.
Saying anything else would fall into the realm of things you don't say about the dead.
It just seemed unexpected. He was only 42, I think.
le nubian - Mar 01, 2012 5:43:00 am PST #24580 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Ginger,
fyi, but here is what Breitbart said about Ted Kennedy after he died. Not that we need to adopt such language, but...
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 01, 2012 6:06:05 am PST #24581 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
What font do you have on your resume?
Palatino. On a background color about midway between the two taupes in the image, but slightly warmer.
Tom, as great as it is to have the vindication of former bosses desperate to have you back, I think avoiding the soul-sucking aspect of former job is worth any amount of money. I wouldn't even recommend the 3x salary consultant option others have suggested unless it were for a strictly limited term to enable a more relaxed job search for something you'd enjoy doing.