Re: SMC job

From: olivestarlightorchestra <samoolives_at_yahoo.com_at_hypermail.org>
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2002 16:43:02 -0000

That's terrific news, J!
You know, you don't have to stick with SMC. Perhaps you could arrange
to teach Klingon at the Learning Tree University? I'll bet they'd
love something new!
--Deb

--- In OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_y..., "toughslush" <meurtre_at_e...>
wrote:
> You go, boy!
>
> My only concern would be, would they pay you *enough*? I
> suspect you'd still get more in private industry--though you'd
> enjoy this a lot, and it might be the ideal way to ride out the
> recession until the right career job came along.
>
> Though . . . the last time I saw you working in private industry . .
.
> why not hang onto this thing?--might be good.
>
> --J
>
> > Well folks, regarding the job front, I have some good news and
> some
> > bad news.
> >
> > 1) The good news: I have a job.
> >
> > 2) The bad news: It doesn't pay.
> >
> > I am working in the language lab at Santa Monica College as a
> tutor.
> > This is for Summer classes, and covers several languages. I
> started
> > last week. I did not mention this at the bar-b-que on Saturday
> since
> > I really didn't think it was going anywhere. Well, as it turns
out, I
> > have become popular. People are coming into the lab, and if
> they
> > don't see me there, they leave.
> >
> > There is a possibility that this could be transmogrified into a
> > paying position. What is in my favor is this: All the other tutors
> > are helpful in only one language, and there is only one person
> per
> > language. I am able to substitute for tutors when they are
> absent. As
> > long as I am there, all the major languages are covered. Pretty
> cool,
> > huh? (Klingon is not one of the languages taught at SMC...)
> >
> > Since it is going well SMC is eager to keep me. They are
> worried that
> > I will disappear as soon as I find a paying position. (This is
> > correct, since I have to pay my rent!) So, in order to keep me,
> they
> > are working on a deal where I would be hired for pay.
> >
> > John
Received on 2002-07-18 09:43:07