John Meidinger

John MeidingerCHEP

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This was a wonderful educational experience.  Most of the information I already knew, but putting into the easy format was helpful for reinforcement.  It made me feel good to realize that most of my soft skills have been used effectively

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I was intrigued by how close the stressors resemble my stressors.  And some of the good and bad stress reducers I also share.  I am already cleaning up my old documents on my work computer so I do not have the day to day stress of searching through obsolete files to find my class documents.  So far I have not saved time but spent time, but I know this time spent is an investment and not awaste.

I believe vigorous excercise and daily to do lists are my best coping mechanisms.  Last thing I do before sleep is write a list of things to accomplish the following day.  I use a small 3" x 5" spiral pad stored at my nightstand and in the morning I take thelist off the pad and use it to plan my day.  I am gradually being trained to use my cellphone instead of my pad by my son; however I still love my lists!  And I am a believer in resistance training to keep healthy muscle tone and natural growth hormone… >>>

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I agree Franz, and it is up to the professional educators to make sure this generation of food network devotees understand the difference between celebrity and professionalism, the difference between career and entertainment. There is an expectation that all the great chefs dress without hair cover, and often times with out proper chef clothing. This expectation is hard to change, but with proper reinforcement the line up as we call it becomes a kind of formal greeting between teacher and student and where they can easily model each other is with the uniform. It becomes like you said a bond… >>>

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Why are the students self-concious if all have to do the same thing. Perhaps the line up over time would help them lose their self-conciousness
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Proper dress is a requirement for our school and a daily line up where we critique their appearance can have both bad and good consequences. IF all insructors monitor the dress code evenly and without fail it is a wonderful way to acknowledge and greet your students to make them feel welcome. HOwever once a few instructors find this to be a tedious and demeaning excercise the instructor after these instructors has a hard time getting a buy into this format and there can be an immediate problem with this line up. In this form it becomes counterprocuctive. Without a… >>>

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