This week, this happened. It wasn't that bad. Three hours on buses for a one minute interview and a signature on a piece of paper. But I've seen girls from Shevah-Mofet* on the bus trip back, which mitigates the enormous waste of time, at least a little bit. I figure in a few years, such a statement would label me a pedophile, but I like to watch highschoolers and see if there's any hope of some of them becoming decent adults. By the time I meet them on guard duty, it appears it's usually too late for them to change.
At work, I'm simultaneously being treated like a misbehaving child (I don't like military discipline for the sake of military discipline, and my new project lead takes offence) and pushed into a position of responsibility without too much support. This whole "we can't treat you any differently than any other soldier, but we can demand ten times the output because we've seen you perform" is making me crazy. I've donated three years of my life, now I'm expected to take on more work for the privilege of minimum wage, while the people I'm supposed to train and delegate work to (with no authority whatsoever) are basically laughing at me for being a pushover.
In other new, I've finished "Paladin of Souls". Bujold is very good, but I just don't like romance novels. 4/5
* - supposedly a good high school in Tel Aviv, formed by immigrant Soviet prep school teachers, frustrated of Israeli public education and unable to penetrate the elite to get access to private schools. In Russia, Jews were pressured to excel because of surrounding anti-Semitism, and the state-enforced ethnic quotas on admittance to good higher education. In Israel, where there is no pressure, the liberal/populist "let the kids be" crap has won and education is as bad as in the US.
1 comment:
Hmmm, do I sense bitterness in your words? Hell, of course.
It may be minimum wages but it's a damn sight more than you're getting now, or at least that's the way I looked at it. And consider those extra few thousands as making up for the 3 hours on a bus (-3 hours?!? where did you go to???)
Also, you are basically invited for a shabbat meal if you like.
And why is Paladin any more more a romance than Curse of? You liked Curse... and when are you reading The Hallowed Hunt? I want someone to talk to about it!
TTYL, Rachel
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