aquarose Posted March 25, 2005 Share Posted March 25, 2005 I am a senior in college and for part of our Business and Professional Writing midterm we had to write a short paper titled " teach me something". The purpose was to teach my professor something she didn't know and the winner would get exemption from the final exam. I chose geocaching as my topic and I won. I am very happy that my new hobby got me out of my final exam. Quote Link to comment
+Hemlock Posted March 25, 2005 Share Posted March 25, 2005 Sweet! That's a cool (and now more knowledgeable) professor. Quote Link to comment
+mzmtg Posted March 25, 2005 Share Posted March 25, 2005 That's awesome! Now I just need to figure out how caching can get me a day off from work... Quote Link to comment
+zcubed Posted March 25, 2005 Share Posted March 25, 2005 Just call in sick. Tell your boss you have something that is "caching" Caching does seem to be contagious. Quote Link to comment
Rupert2 Posted March 25, 2005 Share Posted March 25, 2005 Actually geocaching did get me out of 1/2 a day of work. Professionally I work with Geographic Information Systems. Indiana had it's statewide conference a copule of weeks ago. One of the prominent regional organizations hosted a 1/2 geocaching event. Not only did it get me away from the office, but I actually got paid to geocache. I challenge anyone to top that one! Quote Link to comment
+The Leprechauns Posted March 25, 2005 Share Posted March 25, 2005 That is an excellent story! Geocachers are experts at wiggling their way out of things in order to devote time to the hobby. I hope you found some caches while your friends were studying for the exam. The cacher's advantage extends out into the work world, too. My employer awarded me an extra vacation day after I came up with a method for solving a common problem for our company through the use of GPS. Quote Link to comment
+OlatheGIS Posted May 27, 2005 Share Posted May 27, 2005 Actually geocaching did get me out of 1/2 a day of work. Professionally I work with Geographic Information Systems. Indiana had it's statewide conference a copule of weeks ago. One of the prominent regional organizations hosted a 1/2 geocaching event. Not only did it get me away from the office, but I actually got paid to geocache. I challenge anyone to top that one! Gotcha: I'm a GIS Manager for a medium-size city. To keep our remote sensing skills from getting rusty, and to help our local park system, I've had the GIS staff start placing geocaches in our city parks on a regular basis as part of our duties. It brings folks to often under-utilized parks, plus keeps our skills sharp. Our Parks Superintendent is all for it; how cool is that??? I LOVE my job! Quote Link to comment
+SgtSue Posted May 27, 2005 Share Posted May 27, 2005 Well, I didn't get paid in fact I had to work on a Saturday. But that "work" was training a group of National Guard soldiers how to use their new Magellan Sport Trak Pros before they left for the desert. Was an especially great experience as I have served with many of those guys in different units and anything I could do to make sure they got home safe made me feel a little better about staying stateside. Quote Link to comment
+Bellageo Cache Game Posted May 27, 2005 Share Posted May 27, 2005 I am a senior in college and for part of our Business and Professional Writing midterm we had to write a short paper titled " teach me something." So let's read it! Quote Link to comment
Mushtang Posted May 27, 2005 Share Posted May 27, 2005 Not only did it get me away from the office, but I actually got paid to geocache. I challenge anyone to top that one! I travel regularly (about once a month) for work to cities all over the country. My boss knows about my geocaching hobby, and he's not a cacher himself, he doesn't mind if I add an extra half day to my trips to cache. So, I get paid to geocache too, and get to increase the number of states I've cached in too. Check out the bottom of my profile. Quote Link to comment
JohnX Posted May 27, 2005 Share Posted May 27, 2005 I am a senior in college and for part of our Business and Professional Writing midterm we had to write a short paper titled " teach me something". The purpose was to teach my professor something she didn't know and the winner would get exemption from the final exam. I chose geocaching as my topic and I won. I am very happy that my new hobby got me out of my final exam. How about posting the paper? Quote Link to comment
+Search1128 Posted May 27, 2005 Share Posted May 27, 2005 I vote you post your paper too! What was your grade for the course for the year/semester? Quote Link to comment
+ParrotRobAndCeCe Posted May 27, 2005 Share Posted May 27, 2005 I am a senior in college and for part of our Business and Professional Writing midterm we had to write a short paper titled " teach me something". The purpose was to teach my professor something she didn't know and the winner would get exemption from the final exam. I chose geocaching as my topic and I won. I am very happy that my new hobby got me out of my final exam. How about posting the paper? I was thinking the same thing. Besides being interesting, it might be another useful resource for newcomers and/or muggles who accidentally end up here. Quote Link to comment
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