MTB

Wow, so. . . uh. . . working in the corporate world is really different from being a NYC public high school teacher.  Really different.

I feel like I should make a Venn diagram to compare and contrast the two jobs.  My students used to love making those.  Hahaha.  If I ever figure out how to use that “paint” program, I will, and share it with you.  I don’t feel like doing it right now.  Oh, I suppose I could just put circular shapes into a Word document.  Again, I don’t feel like it right now.

Today, my co-worker asked me if I miss teaching.  When I get asked that, I always answer “yes” because I truly do.  I’ll have to write about that in another entry because I had other thoughts to express in this post.

In my first week of work (which was last week), I went to a training course on HVAC systems.  If you didn’t already know, HVAC stands for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning.

I learned that “air conditioning” for cold air during warm weather is a misnomer.  All air that runs through an HVAC system is conditioned whether it’s warm or chilled.

Here’s a little schematic of an HVAC system:

I loved the training course.  It was like being back in school, but a little cooler.  (No pun intended!)  We took a tour of the building and climbed into one of the air handlers on the roof.  It was the size of a small trailer home and it was super cool. We also looked at the giant boiler and chiller generally tried to understand how the building’s HVAC system worked.    Awesome.

Aside from that training, I also learned that working in an office can be cushy.

You stroll in in the morning, sit at your desk with your own computer, check some emails, look over some things, go to a meeting or two and talk about some things with your coworkers, come back to your cubicle, do some work on the computer, check emails as you go along, then maybe look at a spreadsheet or two, then maybe another meeting or two, talk with your manager, and the day repeats itself.

Oh!  And on my first day, my manager made me sign up for a conference my company is hosting in Phoenix, AZ.  Exciting!  I’ll actually be traveling for something work related without having to pay for it out of my own pocket!  (Yep, that’s what we teachers had to do.  E.g., if you wanted to attend the National Science Teachers Association conference you paid for it your own goddam self!)

So, I signed up and they even gave you the option of getting a massage or a facial or a round of golf.  Omg.  I’m going for the facial.

Sometimes I feel like the analog of a country bumpkin in a big city.  Things are so new to me in the corporate world.

But, I don’t let my coworkers let on.

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