Word: professionals
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Consider the story a few weeks ago about Riley Weston, the writer on the WB series Felicity who was fired when it was learned she was 32 years old instead of 19, as she had claimed. As a supposed teenager--judging from pictures, she could pass as Winona Ryder's...
"Know what kind of innate skills you have that are easily transferable to another profession," Cotton says. "For instance, I knew I could learn the mortgage-banking business. But enjoying working with people is something you just can't learn if it isn't there."
I was overwhelmed by your article on Duke University Medical Center [A WEEK IN THE LIFE OF A HOSPITAL, Oct. 12]. It was at once heartbreaking and heartwarming. To know there are still people in the medical profession who care so much is uplifting. I appreciated your bringing the experiences...
Outfitting a classroom at your own expense is the dirty little secret of the teaching profession. Informal studies suggest that these modestly paid public servants spend $200 to $1,200 annually. "There's probably not a teacher in America who doesn't do it," observes Mattie Tyson, principal of Chicago...
Along the way, Huan found some cherished mentors at school and at church. They helped guide her, particularly when she faced a personal tragedy. Last fall she was eagerly awaiting her father's first visit to the U.S. when he died in a freak accident. Huan's father was a...