Last night was the inaugural induction ceremony for UHS' chapter of the National Honor Society, to which I was invited. It was great to see the students being recognized, but more importantly it was great to see the parents so excited about their kids' accomplishments. Compared to the subdued, "this is just what happens" attitude from our childhoods this is a major shift. Afterwards, the UHS faculty had a major shift and headed to Hi-Tops for a social break... how very different from RRHS.
Today is yet another rainy day in Ann Arbor, busy with Habitat stuff and the first brushes with an interview on Monday. It's incredible the amount of effort that goes into one of these things. I anticipate that I'll spend somewhere on the order of four hours prepping for an interview where 24 people are probably vying for less than a quarter that many jobs. That being said, obviously everybody thinks they have a >25% chance of being one of the hires and, in a typical prisoner's dilemna, over-preps.
Today's CEO Parade entrant is Mr. Gary Kelly from Southwest. LUV is hardly a company in crisis - as the course name implies - but I suppose as the lead dog in an industry firmly in the grip of the icy hands of recession he is as qualified as anyone to talk about how to avoid crisis.
Wednesday, October 04, 2006