Archive for December 2006

Editrix

Posted to Stories on the topic of Work on 23 December 2006, with 2 comments so far.

by Ann — Age 37 — Mankato, MN
I’ve always wanted to be a Madam but not in a feminist social justice public health kind of way. I like the idea of hot classy clothes and velvet couches. Red lamps and candles.
My favorite part, the most important, would be delighting the client. I’d invite them to […]

From Princeton U. to a Van Down Under

Posted to Stories on the topic of Work on 22 December 2006, with 2 comments so far.

by Hadley — Age 28 — Media, PA
I graduated from Princeton University six and a half years ago, the product of 16 years of well-rounded and thorough education. My boyfriend after college used to threaten to hide my alumni magazine each time it arrived at our apartment, as it would send me into a what-am-I-doing-with-my-life […]

Shafted in the I.C.U.

Posted to Stories on the topic of Work on 20 December 2006, with no comments so far.

by C. Abalos — Age 28 — New York, NY
I work in the Intensive Care Unit of a pediatric hospital, one of the best pediatric hospitals in the country. I work in the research division of this ICU. I was reviewing the mortality statistics with one of the attending physicians when he informed me […]

‘Work’ versus ‘School’

Posted to Stories on the topic of Work on 16 December 2006, with 1 comment so far.

by Carlin — Age 27 — Los Angeles, CA
When I was a child, I thought ‘work’ was somewhere adults went, similar to what ‘school’ was for children. That meant, it was a place you went for a certain amount of time each day, until you were allowed to leave. A ‘boss’ was similar to a […]