I am fucking swamped. I have the boy who is running around like there is speed in the food we are giving him. I am in this geology class online. Not fun. Work is kicking my ass as well. They want us to get some training. the thing is we have to pick it.
This is odd to me. If they want me to get training and get certified in something, then shouldn't they be the ones telling me what classes I can take?
Instead I have to find a class and ask if I can take it. If they say no then I have to find another class and ask if I can take that one...and so on.
Why wouldn't they just have a list of classes I can take, or better yet just schedule training for us?
Personally I don't want to get training. If it's during work hours then fine, but my day is taken up right after work up until it's time to sleep. I have to pick up the kid and take him home. I have to feed him and maybe get some reading done while he is taking a bath.
Time is a commodity and I get annoyed when work expects to pile on ways to take that commodity away. It's nice that they want me to get certifications, but they won't help me do my job any better. It's not like I am getting a raise if I get this certification.
Frankly this is just a job to me. One that pays ok but still a job.
I haven't had a raise in four years. I stay here because it is close to where my in laws are and it is near my school. I am planning on going into teaching once I graduate (sometime in 2050) and what I want to teach has nothing to do with what I do now.
It's just annoying.
You want me to get certified, then lay out a career path and classes that go with it. This "pick it yourself" crap is just unprofessional and I don't have the time to deal with it.
There are things I would much rather do.
Oh get this. This online geology class I am in is a joke. We have a quiz every week. The quizzes coincide with the chapters I am assigned. I take the quizzes online and once I open it I only have 15 minutes to complete it.
The best part is there are practice quizzes that I can take online as well. I can take them as many times as I want. It shows me what I got right and what I got wrong. The order of the questions gets jumbled each time, but the questions are always the same.
So once I take the practice quiz a few times and figure out all the right answers, I print it out.
Then I take the regular quiz and just use the correct answers from my practice quiz to get a 100 on the regular quiz.
Nothing like higher education.
3 comments:
someone once told me that the only real currency is time. Its kinda true of you think about out. Especially in this case. Sounds like your work is in dire need of a training department. You jsut let them know that LT will roll in there as a contractor and square there asses away right quick. Your absolutely right in your crtiscism of their plan.
LT G
Ho Ah LT. I'll see what I can do about getting you in here.
On-line quizzes. Paris Wayne. And so on...
I think I'll return frequently, just promise to keep up with the quality posts! Thanks!
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