I'm relishing a stolen moment to start today's entry. It's just about break time and my students are now finishing up a writing assignment at their tables. Making a cohesive paragraph from a simple flowchart seems to be taking them longer than I had anticipated. Not having taught this level for a few years, I find most activities take a little longer than I plan.
I look forward to moving to our next topic after the break. We will discuss résumés. My résumé is another example of a document that has been modified dozens and dozens of times over the years. It's rather intriguing to guess about the number of different keyboards which have had a hand in creating it.
My résumé is hardly a textbook example. For one thing, it's two pages long and thus, breaks one of the cardinal rules that many folks have. Also, an increasing amount of my distant past no longer merits inclusion; however, it'd be pretty tough for me to decide which parts of my past to erase. Furthermore, the two-column format is rather
look-at-me-ish and almost as annoying as trying to read one printed on canary-yellow paper. It even contains a few non-standard sections due to the fact I am primarily interested in working with
English as a Second Language students.
I suppose it really doesn't matter as I don't intend on sending out any copies of my résumé in the foreseeable future. Even if I were job hunting, I'd rather be hired by someone who had the wherewithal to check my
main website for information.