Teacher Job Fair

as were many PSII students, I was a job seeker and volunteer at the 2007 Teacher Job Fair on Friday...
wow the stuff I collected was so diverse and market driven.
a list of swag:

• bag of microwave popcorn


• box of Kraft Dinner


• box of Smarties (full-sized)


• candies, tins of mints, lollipops


• postcard of the Calgary skyline


• lapel pins


• flashlight keychains


• pencil toppers, psychadelic pencils, pens in boxes, clicky pens, erasers shaped like books, and the most interesting that I'll probably never use, the 3-coloured highlighter triangle

Despite all that money invested in eye-catching consumtion based commodities, the booths I found to attract the most attention throughout the day were ones with cheap pens or nothing but information. In particular, the school district of my hometown, districts near Calgary or Edmonton, and International opportunities. The Resouse Ed guy from Australia never had a moment to himself and I didn't even see pens at that booth.
I also found out you don't have to be Catholic to teach in some Catholic districts. It just helps.