This book talks about everyday work of different people. It seems that none of them has very high-paied or admirable jobs, but from my reading, I can tell that not everyone can do the jods they do.
As the author said"particular kinds of work can be defined and perceived in ways that mask the range of human abilities that make the work possible."
Each kind of work has different requirements and personalities. In chapter one, the author observed his mother, who used to be a waitress in many restaurants. It has never occured to my mind that the waiters' and waitress' job contains so many 'theories' in it. Being a waitress needs to has a good memory, knowledge of all the staffs in the restaurant, attention, the creation of service, her own personal satisfaction, tolerante and so on.
If one wants to be more efficient and earn more money when working, she has to bring all her sense organs into play. What's more, she has to be more creative and talktive, which can help her get more tips. Just for facing customers, they have to have emotion mangement, the waitress play out with the customers within stereotypic gender scripts. And in order to get more tips, she must try to suggest as many items as she can and always smiling to tolenrate rude behavior and insult.
Though being a waiter or waitress may not need to be highly educated, they can learn many things and rules in the context of the restaurant. They learn from the from occurs, informal social exchange...We can learn many things from any people, so we should show our respect to everyone.
In the book, I think the author is just like an observer to look how they work.And there are many detail descriptions running through the whole essay, which makes the writing vivid and let the readers seem to see the scenes by ourselves.
2011年9月30日星期五
2011年9月20日星期二
whom to profile
I decided to profile Dr. To, the history professor of our university.
Questions:
1.What made him decided to leave Hong Kong and being a professor in America?
2.Did he experience some hard times here in America? For him, what is the most difficult thing to get through or give some cultural gap examples.
3.What branch of history does he place extra emphasis on and the reason
4.In his opinion, what's the difference between Chinese students and American students in learning. Can he give some advice for both sides of the students to improve the learning skill.
5.What's his plan for the future
Questions:
1.What made him decided to leave Hong Kong and being a professor in America?
2.Did he experience some hard times here in America? For him, what is the most difficult thing to get through or give some cultural gap examples.
3.What branch of history does he place extra emphasis on and the reason
4.In his opinion, what's the difference between Chinese students and American students in learning. Can he give some advice for both sides of the students to improve the learning skill.
5.What's his plan for the future
2011年9月19日星期一
profile
My first idea of the profile is to interview a classmate of mine who really loves making cakes, and she has made cakes for decades since she was a little girl. She learned it from her grandmother. I like cakes and I think she is a expert in that field.
The second idea is to interview a history professor in BSU. He is from Hongkong and has stayed in the United States for more than 20 years. I think during this interview I can dig out many differences between Chinese culture and American culture. What's more, I'm a chinese, which can make it easier to get his points.
The third idea is to interview a kindergarten teacher in the Children's Center in our university. I selected the course named Basics of Early Childhood this semester and I do my Observation Hours there very Thursday. Children's world are much more different than that of adult's, which can be a good topic.
The second idea is to interview a history professor in BSU. He is from Hongkong and has stayed in the United States for more than 20 years. I think during this interview I can dig out many differences between Chinese culture and American culture. What's more, I'm a chinese, which can make it easier to get his points.
The third idea is to interview a kindergarten teacher in the Children's Center in our university. I selected the course named Basics of Early Childhood this semester and I do my Observation Hours there very Thursday. Children's world are much more different than that of adult's, which can be a good topic.
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