Posted by Ciotti, J on May 27, 1997 at 16:59:06:
In Reply to: Re: Really Confused...Like Others posted by Gerard on May 27, 1997 at 15:38:08:
Ok. Thank you to Gretchen and Gerard for their input. I still await more input. Gretchen, I will e-mail you with questions. Thanx. As far as being a grunt, and this is ONLY MY OPINION:-->> that sort of terminology breeds nothing but disrespect for an employer thus leading the employee to not want to proceed in the aforesaid profession. I understand that one must be realistic. No one starts out at the top and only goes up from there. I understand this. I also understand that people never reach greatness without having struggled all the way there. However, I am now more than before, persuaded that culinary school would be appear to be a better option in that one gets his feet wet and does an apprenticeship or 3 to get the basics down rather than starting out scrubbing floors for someone and learning some 'cooking tips' only every so often whilst he's not scrubbing the floor. I would rather have that experience from school, and internships (apprenticeships) so that I don't end up doing nothing but scrubbing someone's floor and resenting what I got myself into. I also find at the end of this reply that although it's a relistic response and good advice, it also really tells me that no one who is great loves his/her job. That I disagree with and believe that there have to be people that could tell me otherwise...at least, I hope. Please keep sending the input. I'm soaking it all in. Thanx
J