Showing posts with label Life Events. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Life Events. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 21, 2005

Art in Government Documents

So, as some of you may know, I am a graduate now. While I plan on continuing my education, the degree I have certainly benefits me in my path to self improvement. But it can also help me on the job. Now what, may you ask, could a BA in English possibly do me in the business world? Well, I'm glad you asked, because not too recently I was put in the position of alerting the top brass at my workplace of an illigitimate policy. I had to do it in writing. As my work largely consists of processing documents, my manager agreed with the policy, and I had already taken my scheduled breaks, the longer it took me, the poorer my performance rates would be for that day so I had to work quickly. Luckily, I had just graduated the week before, so I knew I could do it. Now, keep in mind that the sensitive information had to be censored out (I do work for the government) but I believe my writing shines through the censorship:

Monday, May 02, 2005

Kandahar

So I was thinking about graduation, mostly because it’s less than a month away. See, the last time I graduated it was from high school and it was pretty fun participating because I was one of the speakers. But it feels inappropriate now, especially since I’d really rather continue my education and making a big hubbub about it is reminiscent of that SNL sketch where everybody’s dancing and singing about the fall of Kandahar: