Friday, July 23, 2010
Update on Maine Media Workshops...
For those of you who have not been following my other blog on my experience here in Maine, this week was life changing. Joyce Tenneson went beyond the call of duty showing us soon to be published material, personal stories, did meditation with us, and taught us much about independence and perseverance. Joyce Tenneson is a kind, wise, beautiful gem of a person. It was my honor and pleasure getting to know joyce. I will be returning soon to Columbus, OH as the workshops are now over for this week. I will be posting a few photos below so that you may take a peek at my photos from this week. All were done using natural lighting. Enjoy!
Monday, July 5, 2010
Preparing for Maine- An account of Craigslist
I could never imagine I could journey to where I will very soon be. I also never thought that I would have the responsibility to find a viable sub for my position at a workplace. It has been very strange and surreal taking applications and cover letters into consideration for a job that I know anything 'less than the best' would result in disaster. I have come to view Craigslist.com as a necessary but incredibly mundane tool. My expectations for the replies to my ad were top notch, and somehow the majority of replies sent to me were half willed, grammatically incorrect, untailored, pieces of mishap. I had one cover letter that was a mere two lines long, wasn't addressed to me, or "Who it may concern", and didn't flow grammatically what-so-ever. I have no idea the thought process that goes through the minds of these people. What would compel them to send me these inattentive latent thoughts of nonchalance? Even worse, what would make them think that I would be compelled to consider them based on their lack of presentation?
I can never understand why any person would believe that treating anything with insincerity will produce viable results. As I said it felt very odd to sort through numerous emails with this sense of authority and power. Some of the replies I made gave me flashbacks to teachers, and administrators that had manipulated their control on the high schoolers in my small town. It made me a little leery to think I could be having the same effect, as I pointed out, with a great deal of frankness, the obvious features of fault in many applicants' approaches. Although I've been shaken by the feeling, I don't actually feel it was disconcerted. My job, upon return, depends on me finding someone who can see us through to deadlines, smoothly, while I'm away. The seriousness of an under-qualified, unmotivated, insincere candidate taking my place doesn't equal the intent of half of the applications I have received.
On the up side, along with preparing the formalities of my departure, I am also preparing my things. I've been making lists of things to pack, sketching, and researching last minute equipment. I am overall very pleased with the nearing date, but desiring a bit more finality with the details so that I may fully prepare. Hopefully that will come by the end of the week, or I fear I won't be able to relax and savor the time leading up to my departure as part of the accomplishment. Either way, things are progressing. Final lesson; finding talented people in a city is inefficient independently, esp. on Craigslist.com.
I can never understand why any person would believe that treating anything with insincerity will produce viable results. As I said it felt very odd to sort through numerous emails with this sense of authority and power. Some of the replies I made gave me flashbacks to teachers, and administrators that had manipulated their control on the high schoolers in my small town. It made me a little leery to think I could be having the same effect, as I pointed out, with a great deal of frankness, the obvious features of fault in many applicants' approaches. Although I've been shaken by the feeling, I don't actually feel it was disconcerted. My job, upon return, depends on me finding someone who can see us through to deadlines, smoothly, while I'm away. The seriousness of an under-qualified, unmotivated, insincere candidate taking my place doesn't equal the intent of half of the applications I have received.
On the up side, along with preparing the formalities of my departure, I am also preparing my things. I've been making lists of things to pack, sketching, and researching last minute equipment. I am overall very pleased with the nearing date, but desiring a bit more finality with the details so that I may fully prepare. Hopefully that will come by the end of the week, or I fear I won't be able to relax and savor the time leading up to my departure as part of the accomplishment. Either way, things are progressing. Final lesson; finding talented people in a city is inefficient independently, esp. on Craigslist.com.
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