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career in clay? l*j*

updated thu 26 jan 12

 

logan johnson on wed 25 jan 12


Hey David,=3D0AWhile I hate to discouraging people from considering the wor=
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of ceramic art I feel the most helpful thing I could do is tell people the=
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truth.=3DA0 Sugar coating the truth will only end up making somebody mad a=
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you for not telling them the whole story when they finally realize the way =
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things really are.=3DA0 These answers are the first thoughts that popped in=
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my head.=3DA0=3DA0 I knew that if I thought about them & gave them all the=
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sideration they deserve I would over think the answers & not be able to com=
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e up with short replies that I think a high school kid would want to hear.=
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=3DA0=3DA0 I admit each of my answers only invites more questions but if I =
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to come up with answers that cover everything I'd be writing a book not a b=
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rief email.=3D0A=3D0A=3D0A1. What do you have to study, and for how long, t=
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this job"?=3D0A=3D0A=3DA0Ceramic art is more of a calling it's not a tradi=
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job no matter how business like you might need to=3DA0 be.=3D0A=3D0A******=
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=3D0A2. What is an annual salary for this career?=3D0A=3D0AThere is no annu=
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ary.=3D0A=3D0A************=3D0A3. What is a typical day on the job like?=3D=
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re is no typical day, each day is different.=3D0A=3D0A************=3D0A4. H=
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s the career influence the world of chemistry=3D0A=3D0AI"m not sure it does=
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but chemistry does influence what is done in Ceramic art.=3D0A************=
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=3D0A=3D0Aand what new=3D0Adiscoveries are there stemming form it?=3D0A=3D0=
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very of self, the world around you, how little we know , how much there is =
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to learn about what we do&=3D0A=3D0AAny single human lifespan is not long e=
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h to learn "everything " about ceramic art .=3D0A=3D0ASee Ya in Seattle !=
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Logan =3D0A=3D0A=3D0ALogan Johnson =3D0AAudeo Studios=3D0A=3D0A3930 118th P=
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=3D0A=3D0AMarysville, Wa.=3D0A98271=3D0A(360) 651- 1478=3D0A =3D0A=3DA0www.=
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om=3D0A"Carpe Argillam!!"=3D0A=3D0A=3D0A________________________________=3D=
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avid Hendley =3D0ATo: Clayart@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG =3D0ASen=
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ednesday, January 25, 2012 9:45 AM=3D0ASubject: Career in Clay?=3D0A =3D0AI=
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ved a letter from a high school student. The chemistry teacher=3D0Aobviousl=
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assigned the students to write to someone who is involved=3D0Awith some "ca=
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er" they are interested in.=3D0A=3D0AThe student obviously has no clue, and=
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ts answers to these questions:=3D0A1. What do you have to study, and for ho=
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long, to "get this job"?=3D0A2. What is an annual salary for this career?=
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. What is a typical day on the job like?=3D0A4. How does the career influen=
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the world of chemistry and what new=3D0Adiscoveries are there stemming for=
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it?=3D0A=3D0ADoes anyone care to discuss how they might respond to such a l=
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r?=3D0A(This is the downside of having a website that shows up in search=3D=
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gines. The school is a thousand miles from me).=3D0A=3D0ADavid Hendley=3D0A=
david@=3D
farmpots.com=3D0Ahttp://www.farmpots.com=3D0Ahttp://www.thewahooligans.com