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I'm writing a paper right now for management. We had to find a manager, interview him/her, and talk about it for 10-14 pages. I interviewed the executive assistant to the Liberal MP from one of London's ridings. I liked doing the interview itself, because she was young, funny and interesting. For example, she told me that she had an English degree, which meant she could "speak bullshit." (So, clearly not everyone in politics is afraid of being candid).
But this paper is SO BORING. I would like to name it Operation Say the Same Thing 47,000 times.
If I follow the professor's outline exactly (which I'm doing), I have to answer questions like: What skills does she identify? How do these skills apply in libraries? Do you have these skills? How can you get them? How would you use them if you were a manager?
Which means an essay that sounds sort of like this: She thinks people skills are important. People skills are also important in libraries. I have some people skills, but I still need to work on them. Other people skills I don't have, so I definitely need to work on those. I can work on them in school, and in volunteer work. As a manager I would need to have people skills.
Multiplied by many different skills.
(Insert gun to my head.)
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In other news, I made cupcakes last night! I haven't baked in something like 2 years. These babies were straight out of the box, but I decorated them nicely: chocolate cake mix, white frosting and Smarties on top. I'm in this student group for Librarians Without Borders, and we're having a bake sale to raise money. Last time I checked, all of my cupcakes sold except one!
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This week/next week promises to set new records of busyness. Wish me luck and survival.
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Oh...and it's mid-JUNE already? How did that happen? I feel like I started school yesterday. Yet I've written...something like 7 papers and many more smaller assignments.
But this paper is SO BORING. I would like to name it Operation Say the Same Thing 47,000 times.
If I follow the professor's outline exactly (which I'm doing), I have to answer questions like: What skills does she identify? How do these skills apply in libraries? Do you have these skills? How can you get them? How would you use them if you were a manager?
Which means an essay that sounds sort of like this: She thinks people skills are important. People skills are also important in libraries. I have some people skills, but I still need to work on them. Other people skills I don't have, so I definitely need to work on those. I can work on them in school, and in volunteer work. As a manager I would need to have people skills.
Multiplied by many different skills.
(Insert gun to my head.)
* * *
In other news, I made cupcakes last night! I haven't baked in something like 2 years. These babies were straight out of the box, but I decorated them nicely: chocolate cake mix, white frosting and Smarties on top. I'm in this student group for Librarians Without Borders, and we're having a bake sale to raise money. Last time I checked, all of my cupcakes sold except one!
* * *
This week/next week promises to set new records of busyness. Wish me luck and survival.
* * *
Oh...and it's mid-JUNE already? How did that happen? I feel like I started school yesterday. Yet I've written...something like 7 papers and many more smaller assignments.