May 28, 2007
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My tutoring ends Thursday, at least for the summer. I’ll be relieved for my schedule, at least. We’ll see about next fall when it gets here.
Meanwhile, the company I’ve been tutoring for is redoing all their manuals over the summer. I have been hired to do that, pending the outcome of my first assignment, which I started yesterday and will finish today. The guy who interviewed me on the phone sounded about 22, full of himself, and generally clueless about editing. AFTER I explained my editorial/ghost writing work at a large research university, where I helped medical doctors get research articles published in professional journals, he asked me again “but how are you at taking complex ideas and breaking them down into terms people can understand?” I wanted to reach through the phone and smack him a few times. Is there some magnetic scanner I can walk through to destroy whatever it is in me that attracts this kind of nonsense? Call me crazy, but I think a certified teacher who has written and edited medical journal articles for five years can polish up a few tutor training manuals. Grrrr.
I’m taking Friday off to entertain friends who are visiting from Kentucky. Then I hope to take a week off in July. To quote the Terminator, “I need a vacation.” Pressing on…
Comments (3)
LOL That’s like the people who call and ask me if I can “handle” the two pound poodles they have…ummmm…I’ve worked and trained thousand pound horses, and groom dogs that the vets won’t touch without tranquilizers…yeah, FiFi will be just fine.
Have a nice week.
Thank you, Steve, for your nice comments. The happiness IS spreading at an unbelievable rate, but it sure took some tough years to get there.
I hope you are finding some happiness in your weeks lately too, even in just the little things!