Outrageous Résumé Lies

Hello All! I just came across something in class that I thought was funny and a little interesting. We are doing Résumé Building in my Elementary Ed. class and when my teacher started talking about the lies that people put on their Résumé's I couldn't help but laugh... Because there is a very interesting girl in my class who is very "interested" in what was considered a lie, or just a little white lie..OBVIOUSLY she needed to have a little discussion with the teacher about it! So, here is a little preview of what class was like this past week...

As I have learned from MSN and my Class...

Résumés are a critical part of any job search. They are the most effective marketing tool any of us have about who we are and what we can do. And all of us want our résumé to be the best possible representation of our work.

But some workers turn their résumés into a work of fiction instead of a representation of fact. A CareerBuilder.com survey of hiring managers looked at the tall tales and bold lies job seekers have constructed on their résumés. Here are the hiring managers' most outrageous whoppers:

1. Candidate claimed to be a member of the Kennedy family

2. Applicant invented a school that did not exist

3. Job seeker submitted a résumé with someone else's photo inserted into the document

4. Candidate claimed to be a member of Mensa

5. Applicant claimed to have worked for the hiring manager before, but never had

6. Job seeker claimed to be the CEO of a company when he was an hourly employee

7. Candidate listed military experience dating back to before he was born

8. Job seeker included samples of work, which were actually those of the interviewer

9. Candidate claimed to have been a professional baseball player

My First Day As A Practicum Student

Today was my first day of observation at Disney Elementary School. I am in a Fifth grade class and so far so good. I originally wanted to do younger grades but maybe my heart will change over the next ten weeks. I am SUPER excited to learn certain teaching skills and to interact with the children. My teacher is Mrs. Hammer. She is great! Also, I am in a non-traditional class, where all the students have a computer (EMINTS). Today I observed the kids in Reading and Language Arts. All children are so thrilled to have a "visitor" in their class. They could hardly concentrate. I'm sure they will get used to it. Well, I thought I would include a picture of the class. So here it is!

I hope I can learn new things and get great idea's and lead me to be a fantastic teacher!

Back To School

So, I have been in school for a mere four weeks now! I can't believe it has ALREADY been four weeks! I keep saying that I better get used to school because I am going to be in School for the majority of my life...well because I'm going to be a teacher of course! I am in the computer lab waiting for class to start and seeing that I haven't blogged in a while I just thought I would say....School is going okay!