GIRLS GLIMPSE WORKING WORLD; DAUGHTERS DAY PROVIDES CHANCE TO SEE REALITY OF DAILY GRIND.Byline: Karen Thacker Community Columnist Eleven-year-old Joanna LaFata was a little nervous Thursday morning watching her younger brother Wiki is aware of the following uses of "'Younger Brother":
In the spirit of National Take Your Daughter to Work Day For The Take Our Daughters To Work program, see . "Take Your Daughter To Work Day" is the 18th episode of the second season of The Office (U.S. version). It was written by Mindy Kaling and directed by Victor Nelli, Jr.. It first aired on March 16, 2006. , Joanna went with her mother to Palmdale City Hall, where Barbara LaFata is public information officer. And it wasn't just a matter of sitting in the office and watching her mother work. ``I have to copy some stuff and go to a meeting with her and do some mailing stuff,'' the Acton Elementary School elementary school: see school. sixth-grader said. Similar scenes took place with girls all over the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. on Thursday in a tradition started seven years ago by the Ms. Foundation for Women in response to studies that showed girls got less attention than boys in school and suffered a drop in self-esteem in adolescence adolescence, time of life from onset of puberty to full adulthood. The exact period of adolescence, which varies from person to person, falls approximately between the ages 12 and 20 and encompasses both physiological and psychological changes. . The nationwide event in recent years has attracted boys as well. The day started as a way to broaden girls' views of the types of careers available to them, but many already have a goal that doesn't have any relationship to what their parents do. Fourteen-year-old Emily Hofmeister, for example, toured the fire station where her father, Harold, is a captain. But she has a different career path in mind: forensic pathologist. After the tour of Station 135 in east Lancaster for Emily and her friends, the girls took part in a pingpong tournament. ``We're going to make an evening of it,'' said Harold Hofmeister, a firefighter for 22 years. At Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Hospital, Daniela Lopez got to work beside her mother in the mail room. The 10-year-old got out of school about noon and helped her mother until 4:30 p.m. ``I have her pushing the cart down the hallway and picking up mail from the departments and stuffing envelopes,'' Norma Lopez said. Filing documents is the best part for Daniela, who said she loves the chance to work with her mother. ``It's fun,'' she said. At Palmdale City Hall, LaFata said she has brought her daughter to work with her before, but to things like ground-breaking ceremonies and trade shows - not the daily grind Daily Grind could refer to:
Joanna got to learn how to scan documents into a computer and convert them to word processor files. A conference in the afternoon focused on design concepts for a Y2K See Y2K problem and Y2K compliant. Y2K - Year 2000 informational brochure. Because LaFata's job involves a lot of writing, Joanna brought along a school report on Jamaica to work on while her mother was busy. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO (Color) Joanna LaFata, 11, runs the copy machine Thursday while at work with mom Barbara LaFata, Palmdale public information officer. Jeff Goldwater/Daily News |
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