Brooklyn Technical High School - Blueprint Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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CORPORATE GIANTS IN THE MAKING 28 - ACADEMICS

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Joanne Miller: Tech’s Employment Counselor for part time jobs. T here always is some student within the school who needs a job. Once can still remember hear¬ ing a friend say, “Yeah well, I ' m looking for a job ... these very same people, or at least many of them search and search with no success. Enter Mrs. Miller, Tech ' s student job searcher. Hired by the New York State Job Service joint high school program, Mrs. Miller was assigned to Tech by her department manager. She basically acquires part-time, summer and full time jobs, the full time jobs are for students who aren ' t going to college right away or who are attending night school. Basically, Technites look for jobs with Technical Drawing, Machine Shop, Quality Con¬ trol Clerks, Lab Assistants and Clerical jobs. Mrs. Miller said the best job she has gotten to post was an actual designing position in an architectural firm with a pay of $6 an hour. The most unusual job she has gotten was training a nearby resident on how to use his computer at $10 an hour. Mrs. Miller has filled every job opening she has and about 50% of all applicants at Tech fill those jobs. With a view of the magnificent pictorials etched in the center section of the first floor, Mrs. Miller works a long 8a.m.to 3 p.m. day, trying to get as many jobs for Technites as she can. She gets most of the job openings through promotional techniques such as mailed informa¬ tion and personal visits. She has had this job for 19 years; 10 years in high school and 3 years at Tech. She says she loves Tech, loves the students and hopes to continue at her position until she retires. B CHtisf A-v Christine Eng ha

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I t was nine o’clock Tuesday night and I was glued . in front of my television set, tuned into the concluding episode of my favorite program. The television screen was set with Maddie and David in an uncompromising situation. When That is your first thought when you think of Moonlighting but; Moonlighting, according to Web¬ ster’s Dictionary is working at a spare-job often at night, in addition to one’s full time job.” It is not the television program on Tuesday nights with Cybil Shepherd and Bruce Willis. Moonlighting is done by many students who need extra money to pay for college tuition, but Moon¬ lighting is not only done by students, but also by many teachers; Brooklyn Tech teachers are no ex¬ ception. Did you know that your math or science teacher was moonlighting? Doing some bizzare job after school, that might totally shock you? Well, there are a few teachers at Tech who do moonlight after school hours. Mr. Meckner, a physical education teacher works for the N.Y.C. Sanitation Dept., Bio-Med teacher Dr. Jampel is really a licensed Chiropractor, technical drawing teacher Mr. Hoftizer works free¬ lance in architecture rendering for an architecture firm in Manhattan and math instructor, Mr. Voyticky has various jobs as real estate manager, mortgage appraiser, title insurance agent, college teacher, republican district leader and president of the Trol¬ ley Museum. Why do these teachers have other jobs? Don ' t they like teaching? Well, Mr. Voyticky has other jobs for the sole reason “to earn more money Mr. Hoftizer has another job because he enjoys the work in architec¬ tural rendering and it keeps him in touch with new developments in the field. The extra money doesn’t hurt, either. Dr. Jampel and Mr. Meckner on the other hand really are sunlighting rather than moonlighting. Teaching is their secondary job. Dr. Jampel teaches biology while he waits to receive his state license in chiropracting. Mr. Meckner is a worker at the sanitation dept, first, but he teaches to keep in touch with his alma mater and to see students become successful in their endeav¬ ors. All the teachers, whether teaching is their prima¬ ry or secondary job, enjoy it fully. As Mr. Voyticky says “teaching is challenging and I like to work with young adults. Whatever their reasons are for moonlighting, all the teachers enjoy their extra jobs and don ' t intend to give them up. All will continue in their lines of work in the future except for Dr. Jampel who would like to leave teaching, even though he enjoys it, so he can open up his own practice. As you can see, these teachers who might seem strange or weird are real interesting characters with interesting lives outside of school. So next time you enter your class, you might look up at your teacher and wonder what he does after school hours. The answers might really surprise you. T £nn KofcKlMifces FACULTY