I'm a bench jeweler(jewelery repair) in our family owned store.

We have 3 generations working at the store. 4 generations if you count my son and nephew who come to work with us.

Jewelery/Daycare

HEE HEE, My guess would be "I'm admitting to working at Petsmart, better duck now!"

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I'm a bench jeweler(jewelery repair) in our family owned store.

We have 3 generations working at the store. 4 generations if you count my son and nephew who come to work with us.

Jewelery/Daycare

Jewelry/Daycare, I like that job description...

I'm a certified teacher without a teaching job...well, in the traditional sense anyhow.

Essentially, my job is really complicated lol...I work with "kids" age 6 to 43 who have learning disabilities, autism, traumatic brain injury, etc. Most of them have problems with the way their eyes work...leading to my first job description "vision therapist". Secondly, they have a lot of problems with visualization and academics...that'd be the second job "teacher". I also work with kids who have been diagnosed with ADHD and help them to raise their ability to attend and deal with frustration...job description #3, maybe psychologist?

I work with some students one on one, some in small groups, some come to me for a school program. I develop my own programs, exercises, and curriculum. And I also act as secretary and office cleaner on occasion!

Mostly though, I work with really great kids and teach them how to learn in an easy, fun way. We have a blast

Oh, and yes, I talk to my kids the same way I talk to my dogs (or so I have been told by one of my best friends who works as my assistant) There is a lot in common with dog training and "kid" training...so really both help with the other...and I have built up an amazing amount of patience in either regard!

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HEE HEE, My guess would be "I'm admitting to working at Petsmart, better duck now!"

That's what I meant, haha. It's gonna be even worse if I manage to take over the dog trainer position. =D

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Oh, and yes, I talk to my kids the same way I talk to my dogs

oh man, the first time a parent heard me tell a kid to sit....just "you, sit."

i got a glare that i will never forget.

i watched a parent(that same one, i think) plead with their child to stop climbing on the porch railing, and the kid was clearly not interested in listening.

her glare turned to jealousy when i told that child "josie, off."
and she just hopped down and started playing again.


don't get me wrong, i am very good to them, but i don't play around, as my grandma always says..."when I say jump, you say "how high"".

Semi retired from real estate business. Owned and operated several general contacting, land development, appraisal and real estate brokerage corps.

Permanent retirement and a move to Costa Rica in 9 months when my eldest graduates from college. The 2 more kids still in school will attend private American schools in Costa Rica.

Took a buyout from AT&T 10 years ago, did some computer consulting and teaching (adult ed scenarios after that) and now I just chill with my husband, the dogs, and our 2 cats.

Life is great !!!

Program operations for an international conservation organization. I sit at a computer designing conceptual frameworks and writing up policies and procedures. Also design learning modules and discussing who should be fired.

Computer software trainer for 3M (Medical Division) and developer of interactive computer training courses which include videos, photos, narration, animation and so on. Love my job!