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Posted by Artist on July 16, 2007, 8:51 pm
Newsgroup:
I’m a severe dyslexic legally. Dyslexia can not be cured and I will not go
into it here. I am protected under ADA and can not be discriminated against
because I am dyslexic. My strengths are vastly under used. And you are so
correct; writing is not my strong suit. I am extremely creative and highly
intelligent. I am an excellent thinker and designer due to being dyslexic.
My management skills due to dyslexia are very strong because I can see the
big picture clear and strong… My strength and abilities apply themselves
very well to architecture. But for some reason all off you ” licensed
architects” can only judge my use of the word “detail” as in building
details and specification not in design. Can’t wait till I pass my ARE and I
can finally be the excellent creative architect I know I am. Most architects
are too blinded to exercise my strengths for the good of their company.
Never mind... no one has any idea how frustrating it is. Check out my thesis
then see if you want me empting your trash cans or have me as a strong
member of your team.
Link to my Masters thesis might give you an insight into my abilities. My
professors at Virginia Tech called my work exempletory.
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-11142005-193955/
> Artist wrote:
>
>>To the Newsgroup:
>>
>>
>>
>>Is there 1:1 females practicing in your firm today? Last I look at
>>graduate schools ... in the studios... it was not 1:1. And are the female
>>architects getting paid the same? Same benefits? Same expectations?
>>Really... Let me help you pull the wool out of your eyes!
>>
>>
>>
>>Female Architects are more likely to get laid off do to not being the
>>bread winner in the family... miss conception most times but it is what
>>it is. Female Architect have to prove themselves more and wait longer to
>>get more responsibility on a project and are questioned all they... for
>>example: I designed a scissors truss for an Elementary School while
>>working for a Pa. firm. One of the Senior Associates was very excited and
>>supportive but my equals were telling me it could not be done and it would
>>not be more economical... I prove them wrong...
>>
>>
>>
>>Another example was a code review for a large scale project. I was very
>>complete but not as fast as my male counter part working on another
>>project... the male counter part forgot to review the building for a large
>>number of sections but it was okay with the Principles knowing a senior
>>associate was going to review his work. That same Senior Associates call
>>me up personally and complemented me on my work and stated I did an
>>excellent job. Stating that my work equated to much less time for him to
>>do his review of my work... But one of the Principles in the firm told me
>>I was much slower then other counter parts and more or less laid me off
>>for being an excellent skilled worker that his firm didn't want to pay
>>for. He would rather pay for a lesser skilled and not as competent worker.
>>The Principle would rather pay for speed and mistakes then a complete well
>>done job... My experience is female architect are more concern with
>>quality of there work and do not watch the clock as male counter maybe
>>more likely to do
>>
>>
>>
>>As fare as sexism... all of my atmospheres I have worked in have been
>>nothing but professional... But working on the East Coast and I might add
>>Philadelphia Area... it is still quite hard for a female architect well
>>over and above the cat calling on the job sites.
>>
>>
>>
>>Can't win for losing...
>>
>>Artist.
>>
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>>
> Dear Artist,
>
> Here's a vocabulary list with example that might help you in
> reconstructing your story for others:
>
> associate/associates ex. The same Senior Associate called me up,
> complemented me on my work and stated that I did an excellent job, stating
> that my attention to detail equated with less review time for him."
> Women
>
> pull the wool over someone's eyes. ex. He tried to pull the wool over
> their eyes, but they weren't fooled." The reverse is not used normally as
> a colloquial expression.
>
> principal/principals.
> counterpart
>
> attention to detail
> job well done ex. The principal would rather pay for speed and errors
> than a job well done.
>
> sexism does not equate with sexual harassment. ex. "All of the
> environments in which I have worked in the Philadelphia area have been
> nothing but professional, but I have been subjected to cat calls on job
> sites. "
>
> ______________________________
>
> Basically, Artist, not a sentence written in your message above
> approximates modern standard American English. As for what you are
> reporting about your last position, you stated yourself that senior
> associates in the firm would review the work, probably because they are
> registered architects/engineers. It's nice that you are so thorough that
> one of your supervisors didn't have much to worry about. That would
> ordinarily put you in a position to be advanced in the firm. But perhaps
> the way the project was scheduled caused your part of the process to have
> a negative impact upon the schedule? Perhaps not. In any case, you
> obviously don't have the English to write specs or to go unsupervised for
> even titling, I imagine. Don't think I'm putting you down. Learning
> deficits are curable, after all. I suggest you contact the one senior
> associate in your previous firm that complemented your attention to detail
> and ask his advice in finding and writing you a recommendation for a
> position in another firm. It sound as if you have at least one person
> interested in your career.
>
>
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