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I wrote this somewhere else but I thought it would be good to send here,
too... anyone near Sac is welcome to come see the show, too!
______
This is a story for all the people who ever asked us,"What about math?",
or "But how will she get a job?" or said, "You know, she can't just do
what she enjoys her whole life - someday she'll have to get a job." Well,
Rain turned 11 last month, and today she got a job. It pays minimum wage,
$6.75 an hour, and she'll worked 10 to 15 hours week for the first month
and then 6 hours a week for the next 3 months. When she applied for the
job, she created a professional resume and was in competition with 30 or
more other people, for a total of 6 openings. Two people have been hired
so far, one of whom is Rain (the rest will be hired early next week). Not
that it really matters, but many of the applicants were adults. She was
one of the youngest to apply, if not the youngest.

Rain will be working as an actress, playing one of the stepsisters in a
dinner theatre production of Cinderella. She had so much fun at the
audition that she was still walking on clouds an hour later, and the
stepsister is just a dream role for her. She would have done it for
free... but they're paying her for all rehearsals and shows, starting
from call time. The show rehearses for 4 weeks and then runs for 12
weeks, with two shows for school groups on Wednesdays and a show open to
the public on Saturdays.

I may be biased, as her mother, but I thought she really stood out at the
audition. She was thinking, she was innovating, she was creating. She
remembered the basics - project, speak slowly and enunciate, stay in
character,don't block other actors - while adding appropriate and funny
physical movements and hilarious expressions, interacting with the other
characters on stage, and saying her lines so they sounded fresh even
after 5 groups had run the same scene. I was and am very, very proud.

Dar

joylyn

Congrats, Rain, and Dar. :-)

Joylyn

freeform@... wrote:

> I wrote this somewhere else but I thought it would be good to send here,
> too... anyone near Sac is welcome to come see the show, too!
> ______
> This is a story for all the people who ever asked us,"What about math?",
> or "But how will she get a job?" or said, "You know, she can't just do
> what she enjoys her whole life - someday she'll have to get a job." Well,
> Rain turned 11 last month, and today she got a job. It pays minimum wage,
> $6.75 an hour, and she'll worked 10 to 15 hours week for the first month
> and then 6 hours a week for the next 3 months. When she applied for the
> job, she created a professional resume and was in competition with 30 or
> more other people, for a total of 6 openings. Two people have been hired
> so far, one of whom is Rain (the rest will be hired early next week). Not
> that it really matters, but many of the applicants were adults. She was
> one of the youngest to apply, if not the youngest.
>
> Rain will be working as an actress, playing one of the stepsisters in a
> dinner theatre production of Cinderella. She had so much fun at the
> audition that she was still walking on clouds an hour later, and the
> stepsister is just a dream role for her. She would have done it for
> free... but they're paying her for all rehearsals and shows, starting
> from call time. The show rehearses for 4 weeks and then runs for 12
> weeks, with two shows for school groups on Wednesdays and a show open to
> the public on Saturdays.
>
> I may be biased, as her mother, but I thought she really stood out at the
> audition. She was thinking, she was innovating, she was creating. She
> remembered the basics - project, speak slowly and enunciate, stay in
> character,don't block other actors - while adding appropriate and funny
> physical movements and hilarious expressions, interacting with the other
> characters on stage, and saying her lines so they sounded fresh even
> after 5 groups had run the same scene. I was and am very, very proud.
>
> Dar
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badolbilz

How exciting for Rain. I wish we could come watch her debut! Best of
luck to her. Heidi Case

freeform@... wrote:

>I wrote this somewhere else but I thought it would be good to send here,
>too... anyone near Sac is welcome to come see the show, too!
>______
>This is a story for all the people who ever asked us,"What about math?",
>or "But how will she get a job?" or said, "You know, she can't just do
>what she enjoys her whole life - someday she'll have to get a job." Well,
>Rain turned 11 last month, and today she got a job. It pays minimum wage,
>$6.75 an hour, and she'll worked 10 to 15 hours week for the first month
>and then 6 hours a week for the next 3 months. When she applied for the
>job, she created a professional resume and was in competition with 30 or
>more other people, for a total of 6 openings. Two people have been hired
>so far, one of whom is Rain (the rest will be hired early next week). Not
>that it really matters, but many of the applicants were adults. She was
>one of the youngest to apply, if not the youngest.
>
>Rain will be working as an actress, playing one of the stepsisters in a
>dinner theatre production of Cinderella. She had so much fun at the
>audition that she was still walking on clouds an hour later, and the
>stepsister is just a dream role for her. She would have done it for
>free... but they're paying her for all rehearsals and shows, starting
>from call time. The show rehearses for 4 weeks and then runs for 12
>weeks, with two shows for school groups on Wednesdays and a show open to
>the public on Saturdays.
>
>I may be biased, as her mother, but I thought she really stood out at the
>audition. She was thinking, she was innovating, she was creating. She
>remembered the basics - project, speak slowly and enunciate, stay in
>character,don't block other actors - while adding appropriate and funny
>physical movements and hilarious expressions, interacting with the other
>characters on stage, and saying her lines so they sounded fresh even
>after 5 groups had run the same scene. I was and am very, very proud.
>
>Dar
>
>
>
>
>Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

Diane

Great! congratulations!

:-) Diane

freeform@... wrote:

>I wrote this somewhere else but I thought it would be good to send here,
>too... anyone near Sac is welcome to come see the show, too!
>______
>This is a story for all the people who ever asked us,"What about math?",
>or "But how will she get a job?" or said, "You know, she can't just do
>what she enjoys her whole life - someday she'll have to get a job."
>

J. Stauffer

<<<I am very proud.>>>>

Sounds like you should be.

I think that is the wonderful thing about homeschooling, unschooling in
particular is that you have the time, energy and support to follow your
passions.

Adriane is 13 and working as an assistant coach at a local gymnastics gym.
She has talked about wanting to do this for several years and now she has
the chance. She said, "Just think mom. I'm only 13 and I'm living my
dream."

Wow.

Julie S.---who sends congratulations to Rain
----- Original Message -----
From: <freeform@...>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 10:28 PM
Subject: [AlwaysLearning] First job


> I wrote this somewhere else but I thought it would be good to send here,
> too... anyone near Sac is welcome to come see the show, too!
> ______
> This is a story for all the people who ever asked us,"What about math?",
> or "But how will she get a job?" or said, "You know, she can't just do
> what she enjoys her whole life - someday she'll have to get a job." Well,
> Rain turned 11 last month, and today she got a job. It pays minimum wage,
> $6.75 an hour, and she'll worked 10 to 15 hours week for the first month
> and then 6 hours a week for the next 3 months. When she applied for the
> job, she created a professional resume and was in competition with 30 or
> more other people, for a total of 6 openings. Two people have been hired
> so far, one of whom is Rain (the rest will be hired early next week). Not
> that it really matters, but many of the applicants were adults. She was
> one of the youngest to apply, if not the youngest.
>
> Rain will be working as an actress, playing one of the stepsisters in a
> dinner theatre production of Cinderella. She had so much fun at the
> audition that she was still walking on clouds an hour later, and the
> stepsister is just a dream role for her. She would have done it for
> free... but they're paying her for all rehearsals and shows, starting
> from call time. The show rehearses for 4 weeks and then runs for 12
> weeks, with two shows for school groups on Wednesdays and a show open to
> the public on Saturdays.
>
> I may be biased, as her mother, but I thought she really stood out at the
> audition. She was thinking, she was innovating, she was creating. She
> remembered the basics - project, speak slowly and enunciate, stay in
> character,don't block other actors - while adding appropriate and funny
> physical movements and hilarious expressions, interacting with the other
> characters on stage, and saying her lines so they sounded fresh even
> after 5 groups had run the same scene. I was and am very, very proud.
>
> Dar
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

Diane

Isn't that the most wonderful thing! And many people think not only that
a *kid* can't do that, but that really nobody, or very few (rich) can.
What a pity. And what a joy that she CAN!

:-) Diane


>She said, "Just think mom. I'm only 13 and I'm living my
>dream."
>
>Wow.
>

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On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 09:22:00 -0500 badolbilz <ynxn96@...>
writes:
> How exciting for Rain. I wish we could come watch her debut! Best of

> luck to her. Heidi Case

Thanks!

And I should mention that she's been in 10 or so community theatre shows
already, where she had to audition to be cast, so she's definitely worked
at her craft and built her reputation, and she's not new to theatre -
just to being paid to be part of it!

Dar
> freeform@... wrote:
>
> >I wrote this somewhere else but I thought it would be good to send
> here,
> >too... anyone near Sac is welcome to come see the show, too!
> >______
> >This is a story for all the people who ever asked us,"What about
> math?",
> >or "But how will she get a job?" or said, "You know, she can't just
> do
> >what she enjoys her whole life - someday she'll have to get a job."
> Well,
> >Rain turned 11 last month, and today she got a job. It pays minimum
> wage,
> >$6.75 an hour, and she'll worked 10 to 15 hours week for the first
> month
> >and then 6 hours a week for the next 3 months. When she applied for
> the
> >job, she created a professional resume and was in competition with
> 30 or
> >more other people, for a total of 6 openings. Two people have been
> hired
> >so far, one of whom is Rain (the rest will be hired early next
> week). Not
> >that it really matters, but many of the applicants were adults. She
> was
> >one of the youngest to apply, if not the youngest.
> >
> >Rain will be working as an actress, playing one of the stepsisters
> in a
> >dinner theatre production of Cinderella. She had so much fun at
> the
> >audition that she was still walking on clouds an hour later, and
> the
> >stepsister is just a dream role for her. She would have done it
> for
> >free... but they're paying her for all rehearsals and shows,
> starting
> >from call time. The show rehearses for 4 weeks and then runs for
> 12
> >weeks, with two shows for school groups on Wednesdays and a show
> open to
> >the public on Saturdays.
> >
> >I may be biased, as her mother, but I thought she really stood out
> at the
> >audition. She was thinking, she was innovating, she was creating.
> She
> >remembered the basics - project, speak slowly and enunciate, stay
> in
> >character,don't block other actors - while adding appropriate and
> funny
> >physical movements and hilarious expressions, interacting with the
> other
> >characters on stage, and saying her lines so they sounded fresh
> even
> >after 5 groups had run the same scene. I was and am very, very
> proud.
> >
> >Dar
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
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> >
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On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 09:08:38 -0600 "J. Stauffer" <jnjstau@...>
writes:
> I think that is the wonderful thing about homeschooling, unschooling in
> particular is that you have the time, energy and support to follow
your
> passions.

Exactly!
>
> Adriane is 13 and working as an assistant coach at a local gymnastics
gym.
> She has talked about wanting to do this for several years and now she
has
> the chance. She said, "Just think mom. I'm only 13 and I'm living
> my dream."
>
That's very cool, and I think that's exactly how Rain feels!

Dar

PS Nana says hi, she's here on my lap while I pick burs out of her tail.
We have bur bonding time at least twice a day here....

J. Stauffer

Hi Nana <smile>

Julie S.----who thinks of her often
----- Original Message -----
From: <freeform@...>
To: <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 1:49 PM
Subject: Re: [AlwaysLearning] First job


>
> On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 09:08:38 -0600 "J. Stauffer" <jnjstau@...>
> writes:
> > I think that is the wonderful thing about homeschooling, unschooling in
> > particular is that you have the time, energy and support to follow
> your
> > passions.
>
> Exactly!
> >
> > Adriane is 13 and working as an assistant coach at a local gymnastics
> gym.
> > She has talked about wanting to do this for several years and now she
> has
> > the chance. She said, "Just think mom. I'm only 13 and I'm living
> > my dream."
> >
> That's very cool, and I think that's exactly how Rain feels!
>
> Dar
>
> PS Nana says hi, she's here on my lap while I pick burs out of her tail.
> We have bur bonding time at least twice a day here....
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
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