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Saturday, July 21, 2012
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Changing The Guard
It's that time of year again when we'e taking on new staff in anticipation of a busy summer season. It looks like we will be changing the entire part time brigade this summer. Fred will be leaving for a full time job, while Laura, Ellie, Maddie and Rachel will all be heading off to university.
As I have done for a few years now I advertised on Facebook, which got a dozen responses plus one person reported me to the Facebook cops for friend requesting them. I whittled out four of the initial twelve before interview, including nearly all the boys who really need to learn that as informal as Facebook is, when you are talking to a prospective employer calling him "mate" and "pal" is not the way to go.
This week then I have conducted eight interviews and now I'm in a real quandary. Sometimes the interviews throw up a one or two outstanding candidates who obviously stand head and shoulders above the rest of the group. Last year I thought Maddy fitted this description and she has proved to be a charming addition to the team. This year I would happily employ 7 from the 8 interviewees, it is going to be really tough to winnow the field down to the two we want to take on at this time.
Also this year at interview I asked some slightly oddball questions in order to make the candidates chat a bit, getting them to explain the LBW rule in cricket was fun, Having them sell their favourite band to me was even more so and provided some eloquent and spirited defences of an assortment of acts from Coldplay to N-Dubz.
I also asked that if a deity could grant you a personal superpower and then change one thing about the world what would they choose. This brought some lovely responses along the lines of eradicating poverty and halting all wars, and then some unintentional hilarity when one person said they'd like to have all the countries closer together. That's nice, I thought, bringing down boundaries and making us all better neighbours. Not for that reason though said the candidate, it's just that Australia is such an awfully long way away and if it was closer it would be cheaper to travel to.
One candidate giggled, perhaps through nerves, all the way though the interview, but her laugh was so infectious she had me laughing with her by the end. Another almost reduced me to tears with a heartfelt deity request that was so unexpected honest that it stopped me in my tracks for a moment.
I have high hopes ten for this year's intake. Two young people will be offered a job today, and most of the rest will be given first choice if they are still available later in the summer. I know it won't be any consolation for those that don't get a place, but if I had enough employment to offer, I'd take them all on.
As I have done for a few years now I advertised on Facebook, which got a dozen responses plus one person reported me to the Facebook cops for friend requesting them. I whittled out four of the initial twelve before interview, including nearly all the boys who really need to learn that as informal as Facebook is, when you are talking to a prospective employer calling him "mate" and "pal" is not the way to go.
This week then I have conducted eight interviews and now I'm in a real quandary. Sometimes the interviews throw up a one or two outstanding candidates who obviously stand head and shoulders above the rest of the group. Last year I thought Maddy fitted this description and she has proved to be a charming addition to the team. This year I would happily employ 7 from the 8 interviewees, it is going to be really tough to winnow the field down to the two we want to take on at this time.
Also this year at interview I asked some slightly oddball questions in order to make the candidates chat a bit, getting them to explain the LBW rule in cricket was fun, Having them sell their favourite band to me was even more so and provided some eloquent and spirited defences of an assortment of acts from Coldplay to N-Dubz.
I also asked that if a deity could grant you a personal superpower and then change one thing about the world what would they choose. This brought some lovely responses along the lines of eradicating poverty and halting all wars, and then some unintentional hilarity when one person said they'd like to have all the countries closer together. That's nice, I thought, bringing down boundaries and making us all better neighbours. Not for that reason though said the candidate, it's just that Australia is such an awfully long way away and if it was closer it would be cheaper to travel to.
One candidate giggled, perhaps through nerves, all the way though the interview, but her laugh was so infectious she had me laughing with her by the end. Another almost reduced me to tears with a heartfelt deity request that was so unexpected honest that it stopped me in my tracks for a moment.
I have high hopes ten for this year's intake. Two young people will be offered a job today, and most of the rest will be given first choice if they are still available later in the summer. I know it won't be any consolation for those that don't get a place, but if I had enough employment to offer, I'd take them all on.
Monday, December 19, 2011
A Digital, Facebook Christmas Redux (Note to self: Face to Face and Books are Not Obsolete!)
A year ago someone made this Digital Christmas Nativity Story. In one year the nomenclature has drastically changed. [The latest is dropping out of facebook, no more tweeting, just get the chip put in your head and you can telepathically connect and "share" music...]
OK this is a cute scrapbook memory of how we learned to do digital. Some of us kick and fight but to no avail...Better on a
large screen? HERE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkHNNPM7pJA
More Christmas Pictures here and HERE and here.
Good Girl! All good things come to those ...
OK this is a cute scrapbook memory of how we learned to do digital. Some of us kick and fight but to no avail...Better on a
large screen? HERE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkHNNPM7pJA
More Christmas Pictures here and HERE and here.
Me after prime rib and turkey
What have YOU done for Jesus Lately?
See my new shoes??
Pand Christmas Tree
Click to enlarge beauty
Don't forget to help others...
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Be Nice to Each Other (cyberbullies on facebook)
"Because no one liked her" was the awful reason one bully gave for treating a girl in an obscene way*: First they created a fake account on facebook, then photoshopped a high school girl's face onto obscene pornographic images. Why are our children acting like this? I think you know.
today show story and video
"ESTERO, Florida — Two teenage girls have been charged under Florida's law against cyberbullying after authorities say they created a Facebook account in a classmate's name and posted a faked nude photograph of her. The Naples Daily News reports that the 16- and 15-year-old high school students were charged Wednesday after a lengthy investigation into two Facebook accounts created in April. They each face a felony charge of aggravated stalking under a 2008 law passed after a student suicide blamed on bullying...
Authorities say the victim was ridiculed by classmates after the pages became active.
The teens have been ordered to serve 21 days of home confinement and will be arraigned on the charges Feb. 8.
* for example, nina mandell writes, "Another picture on the fake Facebook page showed the victim's head with her mouth opened next to an adult male's erect penis, according to the police report, with another lewd comment.Police became involved after a sheriff assigned to the school was notified of the incident. After speaking with numerous students, he called the FBI's Innocent Images Task Force in April.
Two weeks later, the sheriff received information that another Facebook account was created of the victim, with similar art.
While the girls claimed it was all just in good fun, the victim didn't quite see it that way.
"The victim was subjected to numerous incidents of teasing and ridicule for an ongoing period of time as a result of the fictitious Facebook account," investigators wrote in the report.
Even while facing charges, the alleged bullies seemed to have no regrets.
When asked by her mother, in front of police, what would possess her to do such a thing, Wynn reportedly replied, "Because nobody liked her."
Sadness.
Tech Your Children Well
today show story and video
"ESTERO, Florida — Two teenage girls have been charged under Florida's law against cyberbullying after authorities say they created a Facebook account in a classmate's name and posted a faked nude photograph of her. The Naples Daily News reports that the 16- and 15-year-old high school students were charged Wednesday after a lengthy investigation into two Facebook accounts created in April. They each face a felony charge of aggravated stalking under a 2008 law passed after a student suicide blamed on bullying...
Authorities say the victim was ridiculed by classmates after the pages became active.
The teens have been ordered to serve 21 days of home confinement and will be arraigned on the charges Feb. 8.
Bullies.
* for example, nina mandell writes, "Another picture on the fake Facebook page showed the victim's head with her mouth opened next to an adult male's erect penis, according to the police report, with another lewd comment.Police became involved after a sheriff assigned to the school was notified of the incident. After speaking with numerous students, he called the FBI's Innocent Images Task Force in April.
Two weeks later, the sheriff received information that another Facebook account was created of the victim, with similar art.
While the girls claimed it was all just in good fun, the victim didn't quite see it that way.
"The victim was subjected to numerous incidents of teasing and ridicule for an ongoing period of time as a result of the fictitious Facebook account," investigators wrote in the report.
Even while facing charges, the alleged bullies seemed to have no regrets.
When asked by her mother, in front of police, what would possess her to do such a thing, Wynn reportedly replied, "Because nobody liked her."
Sadness.
Tech Your Children Well
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