TRIUMPHANT RETURN
SCHOOL'S BACK ON...... SEE YOU GUYS NEVER!
nah, just kidding, but I expect to be very busy (and hopefully very satisfied) for the next while catching up on 3 weeks of lost time.
I'm really upset that they've cut some integral stuff from the curriculum and the embalming lab will not be re-opening!!
Although I don't plan to continue work in the Funeral Industry (at least not as a long-term career goal), the one thing I will miss the most is the emabalming lab. It's hard to explain, but the best that I can sum it up is that the appearance of the deceased is at the core of the funeralization experience. As an individual you have the ability to make someone's grieving process a little bit easier... also who am i kidding there is nothing like knowing you've done a good job. Contrary to popular belief, there is no one way to do this- there are endless combinations of chemicals and procedures which can go wrong. It's nice to have them go right. When I watch labs I like to think of the people who've done this before me and what it took (from all the people before me, to me, personally) to get to this point. I think I'd love to work for Dodge or Esco or some kind of chemical company because to me they're the only ones in the funeral industry that still show signs of life. Advances continue in the embalming chemical field everyday, which is much more than can be said for the rest of the deathcare industry.
As a side note, can I mention that my program consists of men and women in the approx ratio of 1:3. EVERY man in my program has been hired for an internship. The amount of women who have internships secured is actually substantially less than the amount of men there are in the entire program even though there are 3 times more females. I don't even know if I'm articulating this properly because my head is so dead right now (cramming for my betterlatethannever theory exam), but WTF cause some of those guys are actually, for lack of a better word, totally braindead. I took pride that I had chosen a profession rooted in tradition, honour and dignity, but starting to wonder about some aspects of all this. It seems that as more cutbacks occur all anyone wants is a strong arm over a strong mind.
Also I was listening to "A New England" by Billy Bragg yesterday and now I can't stop thinking about the words to that song. Was he really twenty-one when he wrote it? Was he really twenty-two when it was recorded? I plan to find out. I have doubts it's true for some reason, but what do I know about Billy Bragg. Weird to think that might have been what he was doing at my age, while I"m doing this. right now.
ok ok ok i'm crazy today.
Adjusting my sleeping patterns is going to be hell.
love to you all,
allison
nah, just kidding, but I expect to be very busy (and hopefully very satisfied) for the next while catching up on 3 weeks of lost time.
I'm really upset that they've cut some integral stuff from the curriculum and the embalming lab will not be re-opening!!
Although I don't plan to continue work in the Funeral Industry (at least not as a long-term career goal), the one thing I will miss the most is the emabalming lab. It's hard to explain, but the best that I can sum it up is that the appearance of the deceased is at the core of the funeralization experience. As an individual you have the ability to make someone's grieving process a little bit easier... also who am i kidding there is nothing like knowing you've done a good job. Contrary to popular belief, there is no one way to do this- there are endless combinations of chemicals and procedures which can go wrong. It's nice to have them go right. When I watch labs I like to think of the people who've done this before me and what it took (from all the people before me, to me, personally) to get to this point. I think I'd love to work for Dodge or Esco or some kind of chemical company because to me they're the only ones in the funeral industry that still show signs of life. Advances continue in the embalming chemical field everyday, which is much more than can be said for the rest of the deathcare industry.
As a side note, can I mention that my program consists of men and women in the approx ratio of 1:3. EVERY man in my program has been hired for an internship. The amount of women who have internships secured is actually substantially less than the amount of men there are in the entire program even though there are 3 times more females. I don't even know if I'm articulating this properly because my head is so dead right now (cramming for my betterlatethannever theory exam), but WTF cause some of those guys are actually, for lack of a better word, totally braindead. I took pride that I had chosen a profession rooted in tradition, honour and dignity, but starting to wonder about some aspects of all this. It seems that as more cutbacks occur all anyone wants is a strong arm over a strong mind.
Also I was listening to "A New England" by Billy Bragg yesterday and now I can't stop thinking about the words to that song. Was he really twenty-one when he wrote it? Was he really twenty-two when it was recorded? I plan to find out. I have doubts it's true for some reason, but what do I know about Billy Bragg. Weird to think that might have been what he was doing at my age, while I"m doing this. right now.
ok ok ok i'm crazy today.
Adjusting my sleeping patterns is going to be hell.
love to you all,
allison