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I just wanted to address the whole of Hatrack and say, *takes deep breath* I don't want to go, I don't want to learn, I don't want to get up before the sun rises, and I don't want to put up with people my own age who don't have a single once of intelligence in them.
I liked summer, I spent a month working in New Mexico on a scout ranch, a month just hanging out with friends and working my normal jobs and almost a month escapading around the UK.
Why do older people insist I further my education when I've already found a trade that I love and am more than capable of doing. If I must continue to learn I'd rather do it through an internship of some kind, that way at least I wouldn't get stuck in Biology with my little sister (I'm not joking, my freshman sister is in my bio class.)
Ok, I'm done now.
Ok, now I'm really done, honest.
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I'm a theatrical Rigger. My job consists of climbing into the rafters of a given venue and setting anchor points for all the rigging. I then hang the rigging, and then hang the gear (lights, sound clusters, scenery, etc....)
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"If my rectum doesn't get your drugs where they need to go, you get your money back, guaranteed...or my name isn't J.T. Stryker!"
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Could you actually live alone on the money you made if you were working full time, and is full time work available in that profession? (Theatrical Rigging... not drug smuggling)
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Man, oh man, do I love the name J.T. Stryker! It's like it's just begging for an exclamation point after it! Plus, it makes any profession sound really cool!
J.T. Stryker, detective! J.T. Stryker, gadfly and man about town! J.T. Stryker, assassin for hire!
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"I don't want to go, I don't want to learn, I don't want to get up before the sun rises, and I don't want to put up with people my own age who don't have a single once of intelligence in them."
I don't want to go, I don't want to teach, I don't want to get up before the sun rises, and I don't want to put up with people one-fourth my age...
I want to be independently wealthy, darn it. Why did trust funds pass me by? Why, oh why?
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The name is Stryker, J T Stryker, Blind Fool Extraordinaire.
AJ: Yes I can and am planning on making a living out of being a rigger. The pay is good I make 24.50 an hour as a part time hourly. I'm most likely going to go on the road as a roady when I get out of school. I know it's not the easiest way to make a living, but well, I was born and raise a theatre bum, it's something I know, and something I love. many performers say their is no feeling like being on stage, I maintain building it is better.
Hey Elizabeth, If you (the teacher) don't show up to classes, neither will we (the students).
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(Kidding) I love teaching, but I have always taught the off-the-beaten-track kids. This year, I am jumping into the "mainstream," and I am frightened of the children who will do their homework.
By the way, I know someone who makes a bundle doing theater lighting. What a neat thing to do!
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Don't worry, us mainstream kids are just more creative about getting out of home work, and we are also rather good at counting points and figuring out the bare minimum required for a B.
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You see, Annie, you are a frightening woman! When YOU were ten, I bet you were really scary.
Seriously, though, it will be first time I have taught kids who really enjoy learning, and don't fight it every step of the way. (and I realize I will still have my share of those who don't)Everyone tells me I will love it, but Ireally am scared! Sounds silly, but it is true.
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I don't like school either,but without it I wouldn't be able to sit in the back of the class room and giggle at my history teacher who looks like Mr.Smee and talks like Forest Gump. Oh the simple pleasures in life... Posts: 6 | Registered: Aug 2004
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so your scared to have students who fear the "Maybe I should contact your parents" threat? WOW! What subjects will you teach?
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I'm glad to be starting class again tomorrow. I've done most of my reading already, and it's still fun, even when it's dry stuff about jurisdictional elements of federal crimes.
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JT, The students I have taught are immune to that threat. The standard response is: "Good luck trying to get them." (They are screeners from way back)
I will be teaching fifth grade math and reading. (middle school setting)
Edit: My one ace in the hole is that my sense of humor never really progressed past fifth grade.
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I'm not a teacher, but last school year I did cadet teaching, and I realized that math is the most fun to teach (first graders, so a concept I actually like, counting). But I hate math generally, so I think that must be a normal thing.
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Hey, I started school a week ago! The day after we got back from KamaCon, so you're lucky! Although I do like most of my classes, however boring they may be. And, of course, there's always tennis practice to look forward to.........it's about the only thing I really look forward to. Oh, and wish me luck on my tennis meet on Thursday! Varsity doubles, whoo-hoo!
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Where did you work Stryker? I know the name of the ranch. I was wondering what ya did. I worked at the mess hall in 1998 if you had a come back question.
edit to add: Anthro: 99.9% chance it was Philmont Scout Ranch. It is the best one to go to.
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I stil have a long two weeks until school starts. Is 10th grade anything special, or is another sleeper year?
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I'm starting High School in a little less than two weeks. Where I'm excited to have the added independence that comes with it, I'm also extremely unready to have the relaxation of summer gone. The thing I'm going to miss the most though, is of course the sleep.
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At least Invisible Man is shorter then Anna K. I have about 700 pages to read in the next 6.5 hours. Somehow I don't think I will get done. I am excited about school though. At least about orchestra.
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School... I really can't remember doing anything but school or internship these last two years. During my first year in Computer Science I was able to go home for Christmas and Easter, but then... Half a month to look for an internship, one month and a half of actual internship work, 3 weeks of break - I just went home and crashed - then another month of internship. The day after I finished it I was back in school for what turned out to be the hardest year ever. I still went home for Christmas... Not for Easter though, I had my final exams one week after the holiday so I thought I'd stay here and study. After the finals I spent almost a month looking for another internship, and now here I am, with three more days of work. And guess what ?! Next week I'll go to Montreal and start school on the 7th of September. I really want out of school.......
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I was an Instructor In the Junior Leadership taining Program at Philmont, hopefully I'll be a ranger next year, thats more fun.
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No you don't Stryker. Their days off stink, if you get them at all. It does have its perks though. So I guess ya should give it a shot. Bio class....I met my best friend in that class. Was never in any classes with my sister though. She did get annoyed at all the "Are you Nathan's sister?" comments. And some of those came from the teachers. Oh well, my buddy Chris was in my bio class and the teacher looked around the classroom on the first day and started pointing out people of which he taught their parents. Yeah, this guy was old.
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A) I know a couple of kids who were big into Philmont. We mocked them mercilessly
B) I'm looking forward to class starting up again. I miss a structured day. Sure, I go to work, but it's ridiculously flexible - where else can I come in somewhere between the hours of 8:00 and 10:30 am? It's almost too flexible. With class, though, you have to be there. Especially with foreign language classes (I'm only taking three this fall...). I'm excited for all of my classes, as well. Greek, Latin, German, Ballroom Dance, and "Troy: Myth and Reality." What could be better?
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Today was the worst day of my life. I arrived bright and early, 7am, in order to show my little sister who is now a freshman where her classes are. Upon finishing I headed towards the SOS (Sounds Of South) to talk to Miss Witten about when She needed me to start helping out with their fall musical. I went and talked to her, but I was getting some weird vibes from the kids in SOS. I found out at in my first period, Chemistry, that I'm "the scum of the universe". You see last year at the end of the year I had a fling with one off the SOSers (the prom girl). SOS has been having rehearsals for about a month now and she has been telling her side of the story, which is even less flattering than the truth, and now has started a SOS boycott of me. I enjoyed working with that group, there's a lot of talent, and laughs around those people. Not to mention the fact that they spill over into the only other school group I can still claim to be part of, Theatre South. I mean I still have friends at south, but well..... ok, here's an example. I'm at lunch, I just got out of line and I go to sit down with my normal group, some of which are close friends. When I sit at the table, I was informed by a member of SOS that I'm "not invited to sit" with them. My friends stayed an I ended up eating lunch by myself in the middle of the cafeteria at the only empty table left. The best part of this whole situation is, the fact that if I quite working with SOS, Miss witten, who I enjoy working for, will be left high and dry, and feel like she's done something. I really can't do that to her, I mean sometimes she's unreasonable and I wish she'd die, but she's always so nice, and acts genuinely concerned when I appear to be tired and over-worked. I can't believe some of the SOSers would do this, I mean some of them are the nicest sweetest people I know, true those are the one that just aren't talking to me, instead of flat out assaulting me. Posts: 1094 | Registered: Mar 2004
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Do you think it will burn itself out over a few weeks and maybe they will get tired of their own attitudes? I know in some schools things like this can be fleeting....
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Sucks to be you. I hope your day gets better remember, as we mexicans say, "no hay mal que por bien no venga", or theres no evil that doesn't come from some good". or theres also that one that says that bad times have a good face, or "Al mal tiempo buena cara".
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(((stryker))) I'm so glad I'm out of that place, but I admit some of the people are very nice and some... IM me if you wanna talk about it.
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