INTRODUCTION TO COOP with THE SIMPSONS

This is a great lesson to use the first week of school activity for your coop students.  It is a great way to introduce good and bad work behaviors.  I use this the day I talk about employer evaluations with my classes.

Show the episode of The Simpsons where Frank Grimes comes to work in the power plant with Homer.

As students are viewing the episode, they should be completing the following tables: (I've filled in some examples of answers.  However, each time I watch the episode, I seem to find more!).

Homer Simpson

Good Work Behaviors	Poor Work Behaviors
Gets along well with others.	Spins in chair and goes home sick.
Wants to do well.	Knocks over pencils.
	Turns security camera off so he can sleep.
	Eats other people's lunches.
	Chewed on co-workers' pencils.
	Gets names wrong.
	Ignores the 513 alarm - doesn't know how to do job.
	Drinks on the job.

Frank Grimes

Good Work Behaviors	Poor Work Behaviors
Determined	Talks negatively about others
Self-made	Flies off the handle
Organized	Dies while on the job
College Degree
Remembers names

Discussion:

Does Homer have any good work behaviors (not all students will recognized Homer's positives)?
Up with Business and I'm High on Capitalism

Recreate the lists on the board (you will probably be surprised - the students may notice things that you might not have noticed).

Explanation:

The reason I showed this video was to get you thinking about good and bad work behaviors.  As you know, this class is worth 2 credits and part of your grade is based on your job performance.

Review Employer Evaluation sheet with students.

Julie Kandik
Broad Run High School
Ashburn VA