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Are you going to be effective and happy as a specialist, or as a generalist? Do you find real satisfaction in the precision, order, and the system of a clearly laid out job? Or are you one of those who tend to grow impatient with anything that looks like a 'routine job'? There are a great many careers in which the emphasis is on specialization. You find these careers in engineering, and in accounting, in production, in statistical work and in teaching. But there is an increasing demand for people who a able to take in a greater area at a glance. There is, in other words, a demand for people who are capable of seeing the forest, rather than the trees, of making overall judgements. And these generalists, are particularly needed for administrative positions, where is their job to see other people do the work, where they have to plan for other people, to organize other people's work, to initiate it, and to appraise it. Specialists understand one field, there concern is with technic, tools, media. They're trained people, and their educational background is tecnical, or professional. Generalists, and especially administrators, deal with people. Their concern is with leadership, with planning, with direction, and with coordination. They're educated people, and humanities are their strongest foundation. Any organization needs both kinds of people, and different organizations need them in different ratios. It is your job to find out, during your college years, into which of the two job categories you fit, and to plan your career accordingly. There are several common leaf arrangements in wild flowers. In the usual arrangement, the one called 'alternate', each leaf is attached at a different level on the stem. This poppy is a good example. See how there is a leaf here on the right side, and above that a leaf on the left here, and above that, one other right again. And so on, alternating right and left, all the way up the stem. Another type is the opposite arrangement. Notice the difference between the alternate leaves on the poppy, and the opposite leaves on the bee plant. The bee plant's leaves are paired on opposite sides of the stem. See how they're attached to the same level of the stem, but on opposite sides. And here we have yet another kind. This one is called basal. And our example is the amerilus. Notice how all the leaves are crowned level at the stem's base. The amarilis, this particular plant, and all other members of the amarilis family, it has narrow basal leaves and a long leafless stalk. I have some lovely samples to share with you today. I'd like you all to come up and examine the contents of these two tables. Many of them are specimens of the sunflower's family, which includes several members of the alternate and opposite leaves. Take a good look and see if you can identify the three types of arrangements. It's okay to handle, but let me ask you to please handle with care, and some of them are quite delicate. The produce of film making that most people know about is the production phase, when the
film is actually being shot. But a lot of the real work is done before and after the filming. The film producers are in charge of the whole project. The producer hires a director to make the creative desicions. The producer and the director work together to plan the film. They hire a writer to develop the script of the film. Then from the script comes the story board, an important step in the planning. The story board is like a picture book, with a small picture for each camera shot. Under each picture, there is a summary of action and sometimes a bit of dialogue. Then comes the production, when the filming takes place. During the production, the director and the crew concentrate on getting the perfect camera shot. The director may ask for several takes of the same shot, sometimes changing the script for each take. After the filming is done, there's still a lot to do. This the post-production phase, and includes editing the film. The editor's job is to cut up the various film sequences and put them together in the right order, so the story is told in the best way. The editor works closely with the director as well as various artists and technicians. This is when sound and special effects are added, the final result being the finished movie you see in the theater. |