While reading this article, I was not surprised to hear how hard a waitress works. I have often wondered how they do it, especially since they get paid scraps. And the waitresses at the family style resteraunts like Perkins or Dennys get barely-there tips. You make tips by two or three dollars at a time, and they have to share their tips with hostesses and busboys in some places. But if you do it right, you can make a fortune. My cousin waitressed his way through Europe and Africa- from serving Guiness in Ireland to Turkish coffee in an Egyptian suk. He loved it.
So I can easily make the correlation from a waitress to a mind at work, but a waitress and a teacher? Do kids have to tip their teachers these days? :) I know that when I am doing my field work ( I can hardly call it observation, since I haven't observed once) I am always thinking from one four minute block to another (who's idea was it to have things start and stop at odd minutes?). Right now, my students are working in groups doing projects on Anne Frank and the Holocaust. I have been assigned two groups in each class I am in, and my job is to keep them on track, answer questions and give ideas, as well as give them a participation grade at the end of each class "mod". So I guess that my mind is busy busy, especially since I am also thinking about work, class and the weird sound my car makes when it idles.
I'd like to print out this piece and hand them out to waitresses as achknowledgement for the work they do, and also to remind myself that I don't ever want to be a waitress. I just don't have the patience and mind control. Snaps to all of them.
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It is hard to make a connection between waitresses and teachers. I think it can be done though. Many people think teachers aren't professionals. Ever heard the saying, "Those who can't do, teach?" I hate that. As a dance teacher, this is a big insult. It is also a slap in the face for academic teachers. We are not good enough to do anything else? What about all the skills it takes to be a teacher? We have to maintain a delicate balance between being firm and kind. We have to deal with parents, students, principals, superintendents etc. We have to make huge decisions as to what we will include in our curriculum. The waitress and the teacher are often thought of as being below other professions such as doctors or lawyers. This is ridiculous. Waitresses and teachers have some of the most difficult and unappreciated jobs out there- and we don't make the money that we deserve.
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