Buffy ,'Lessons'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
online cover letters in a form. huh. never done them before.
Date
Dear X,
I am submitting my resume for ______. I am currently _____ and have these skills you are looking for ______________.
I think ________ is a good fit for my skills. I do _____ and ______ and ______.
I am intersted in speaking with someone further about this position and the company.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Sincerely, me
ok?
All you need is verb, adverb, noun, color, under the lines, and you'd have a wicked lame Mad Libs.
true. It was more fleshed out than that, but it is what I sent off. My job hunt has been pushed up even more.
I used to use WordPerfect before Win95. I've had to use it a few times a month for work for the past year and I STILL DON'T KNOW HOW IT WORKS. I have to do the same formatting to the same documents, every time, and the goddamn program is so mysterious and non-intuitive-- even reaveal codes is an unusable mess-- that I still don't know how, for example, to insert a tab between the numbers and text in a numbered list.
Em, here's a teacher cover that I've gotten good feedback from actual employers on:
Dear Mr. X:
During the student teacher orientation seminar at ---- on 1/18/0-, I heard you speak so favorably about the possibilities for teachers in your district, and when I saw a position for a Communication Arts teacher advertised on the -------- website, I was eager to apply.
When I polled experienced teachers about the best school districts in the area, -------- was inevitably at the top of the list. I want to work for the best, because I believe I will BE one of the best. I am currently finishing up my -------------------------. As you can see on my resume (enclosed), I have multiple degrees in my content area as well.
My pedagogical approach is eclectic; I don’t believe in one developmental theory, but, rather, choose what I see as working from disparate theorems, and apply them to my teaching. I believe that my flexibility is one of my strengths. Having taught college composition classes, I am as able to teach The Odyssey to an AP Senior class (having had 5 years of Latin doesn’t hurt!) as I am able to teach Pigman in Freshman Communication Arts.
I have been told that my rapport with students, and my innovative approach to lesson plans brings a freshness and an immediacy to my classroom; my rapport comes from my genuine liking of students, and my interest in them as people. As far as the innovations in my lesson plans, I keep current on teen culture as well as -----------, and try to use a one-two punch in my teaching style: I lure them in with references that are applicable to their daily lives, then I challenge their higher-level thinking skills with questions that make them draw connections and make analyses between ----------- and their lives.
I’m looking for a school that wants a teacher who will innovate, who knows the content yet will add a knowledge of modern texts to the course, a teacher who can and does use technology in the classroom. I am the organized, energetic, well-educated -------------- teacher who you need for next year.
I would really appreciate the opportunity to learn more about this position, and to elaborate on my qualifications. Can we set up a time to speak in person? Even if this particular position has already been filled, I would like to meet and to learn more about future opportunities. My cell is (---) ---------; please feel free to contact me at your convenience.
Some of it would have to be tweaked for...er, mathiness, but feel free to rip off anything that might help!
I'm not too keen on the disappearance of all incandescent lighting myself. Not that I paint that often, but for some portrait work and still lifes I like the warm glow from an old-style lamp rather than the skin-greying harshness of flourescents.
That's an outstanding letter, Erin!
Happy birthday, Tom!
Man, this work+krav thing is killing me. I mean, for at least as long as I refuse to post from the work network. So much catching up to do, so little time to post.
Okay, off to fall asleep watching 24.
Sara! Did you like last week's Unit? I was pretty sure that the coin was going to disappear, since god forbid they have a large shift in circumstance, but it still annoyed me.
Reveal Codes was THE SHIT.
That's where that was! I miss that constantly, but never remember where I actually had it, just that I should have it everywhere that I don't.
Dude, how cool is Erin? (Have bookmarked.) And how drunk am I? Almost as drunk as Erin is cool, is the answer. Off I go bedward now.
(Just a word of warning: "Bookmarked"? Hard to type when you're this many sheets windward.)