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Trying to impress LJ
Trying to impress LJ. This is not the post that I originally planned to write. I was planning to write about my college work study experience. So, why am I writing about LJ again? Why this post? First, who was LJ? LJ was my high school band director. If you search my posts you’ll find…
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Working at Long John’s
Working at Long John’s. My last two blogs have talked about summer jobs that I had during my college years. You can read about them here. I’ll summarize the experiences by saying, they didn’t go well. Getting started Dad was emphatic that I make money during the summer. I decided to steer clear of the…
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Working at Dollar Bargain
Working at Dollar Bargain. Last week I talked about working at the Gimbels in the now defunct Eastland Mall. Things hadn’t gone well. It was a year later and I was, once again, looking for summer work. I returned to the Eastland Mall and found work at the Dollar Bargain store. Dollar Bargain was another…
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Summer at Gimbels
Summer at Gimbels in the Eastland Mall. I’ve been talking about my college experience and the academic challenges that I faced. Today’s post will tackle one of my first summer jobs. I was a stock boy at Gimbels Department store in North Versailles, Pennsylvania. Make money I didn’t work a job during high school. Mom…
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Out of my league
When my college classes started I realized that I was out of my league. I had the desire to be a great band director and I knew how to play trumpet and euphonium, but I knew absolutely nothing about the theory or history of music. This was going to be a big problem. What’s a…
