Thursday, October 23, 2008

My best attribute is...

So I'm working a lot with these older students in the Electrotechnics program. Side-note, I feel like an idiot because I don't even know if electrotechnics is a word in English, and moreover, I don't exactly understand what their types of things they are learning - could it possibly be electrician type stuff? But because they are on a more technical track, I'm working with them on practical things like, how to present yourself in a job interview. It's pretty tedious. For some of these guys, it's just not clicking. Last week I was asking about past job experience - fine. A. described his job as a security guard in an office building. I asked him to describe what he liked most about his job, and he responded (asking for help a for a few words with the phrase, "What is the English for __Insert French Word____"). When we finally got his response translated, put together correctly, it was something like this, "My favorite thing about my job was getting to search the bodies of pretty girls." I asked, "A., imagine that you are interviewing for a job right now. Are you going to tell your employer that your favorite thing about your job was feeling up women?" He said, "Yes, of course, it shows that I have a good humor." Today, the Question du Jour was, "What is your best attribute?" So, "What's your best attribute?" I asked W. He responded, "My best attribute is my regularity." I laughed and told him, without explaining my chuckles, that he meant to say punctuality. At least I assume he meant punctuality. It would be a sad thing if all someone had going for them was their regularity - though better than nothing, I guess.

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