16 Oct
How has your first few months of being a VISTA been as you expected?
Since this is my second year serving at Millersville, I pretty much knew what I was getting into when I started in August. I have the same office, live in the same apartment and have been working with the same staff [...]
24 Aug
yikes i haven’t written in AGES. lots of things have happened and i will try to fill you in on most of them
after school corps- we started a partnership with the school district of lancaster to try to get more students in to tutor elem, middle and high school. we started small with summer school [...]
7 May
so i did my first internship registration today. i was all alone in the office this morning because diane and kathy were at a meeting and sue was out. so i take the girl upstairs and run through everything, and i thought that it went relatively well. until i realized that i forgot to have [...]
5 May
If I hear howard suck snot back into his nose one more time I swear to god I am going to fly off of the deep end. I mean it. and he’s fucking humming again. please exterminate me right now. put me out of my fucking misery because I really do not think that I [...]
28 Apr
Multiplying the boondoggle of AmeriCorps
By James Bovard April 28, 2009
President Barack Obama signed legislation last week to more than triple the number of AmeriCorps members, from 75,000 to 250,000. Mr. Obama declared that the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act is about “connecting deeds to needs.” Ironically, the signing ceremony and a $5 billion multiyear [...]
4 Apr
into the streets was today. it went allright. i as not all that happy with the number of students who showed up vers the number who SIGNED up. but what can you do. it was a beautiful saturday. i might have skipped out too.
loveaudrey
31 Mar
into the streets is coming along. i still need volunteer spots for 20 students. fuck me. i’ll get there though. i’m not too concerned. i think.
we had some fun developments yesterday. howard got yelled at three time and then huffed out of here without saying goodbye to anyone. it was kind of funny. we interviewed [...]
26 Mar
so it’s been about a month since our new coordinator started working here. things are still going about the same. he’s still acting like he can do whatever he wants and i have pretty much adopted the mentality that if you’re not going to listen to me, then i’m not going to help you out [...]
23 Feb
the community service coordinator position went to someone else. i told diane that i’d like to stay in the VISTA position another year, so that’s most likely what will happen. i’m not upset. everything happens for a reason, and i don’t think that higher ed is the place for me anyway. too much resentment and [...]
16 Feb
the only things that i ever put in my garbage bin at work are food leftovers and papers that i printed out and deemed unacceptable for whatever purpose they were intended.
i feel bad for our custodial staff.
loveaudrey
