TRADEWIND RECRUITMENT: Year 4 Teacher

Year 4 Teacher in Southwark

A fantastic opportunity to work in a beautiful school in the heart of Peckham, Southwark has become available. The school are looking for a Year 4 teacher to continue the excellent work that has been put in place by the previous KS2 teacher before going on maternity leave.

The school are looking for the right candidate to start in January until the end of the academic year. As a one form entry primary school you will be required to work independently and must be capable of doing your own planning. However, there will be support across the staff at the school.

There is little staff turnover in the school as its well run and well managed so this is an excellent opportunity to work in a fantastic and supportive environment.

The ideal candidate must have a strong Key Stage 2 background and have at least 1 years UK teaching experience. The role is open to overseas trained teachers but would not be suitable for NQT's.

The class is lovely and student ability throughout the school is average to good - a teaching assistant is assigned to the class throughout the week.

The school has an excellent Headteacher who is supportive and highly regarded by her staff. Pupils come from a range of social backgrounds and are keen to learn and they all commit to the positive ethos of the school.

The Headteacher is keen to fill this post ASAP and will conduct interviews this week.

Please apply immediately if this role is of interest.

TRADEWIND APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS:

* You must have the legal right to work in the UK
* You must hold QTS or a UK recognised equivalent teaching qualification
* This position is subject to an Enhanced CRB Disclosure, Overseas Police Clearances (if applicable) and professional reference checks
* Your CV must cover the last 10 years of employment history where possible and any employment breaks must be explained

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Tradewind Recruitment is the premier provider of Primary Teachers, Secondary Teachers and Support Staff to Schools, Colleges and Nurseries. Our clients include primary schools and secondary schools in London and the Home Counties, as well as Birmingham and Manchester.

With top rates of pay for teachers and support staff, and the highest standard of customer service at the cornerstone of our beliefs, Tradewind should be your only point of call when looking for a new role.

Working for Tradewind holds many benefits whilst finding you your ideal next position. These include:

* Free CPD
* Free Resources Centre
* Referral Bonuses
* Guaranteed Pay Schemes

DISCLAIMER
'No terminology in the above advertisement is intended to discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation. Tradewind Recruitment is proud to be an Equal Opportunities Employer and accepts applications from all sections of the community.'

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aquilaheywood: Graduate Implementation Consultant

The Role

We are looking for ambitious graduates who are interested in the effective business application of technology. Our implementation consultants work with our clients through the complete project lifecycle from initial requirements gathering and analysis to solution design, configuration, testing, support and on-going enhancements.

Graduates wanting to develop an IT career with a greater focus on client interaction, analysis of requirements and solution implementation should consider applying for this role. In addition, graduates will have the chance to gain additional professional qualifications relevant to their role

This is a great place to start for a challenging and wide-ranging career with lots of potential.

Our Offering

Graduates develop their expertise via ‘on-the-job’ training, formal courses and professional qualifications. We provide an environment where talent flourishes and hard work is rewarded.

A mentor is assigned to support graduates through the early stages of their career, identifying development opportunities and giving them guidance.

Our requirements

You must have a strong educational background, gaining or expecting a 2:1 degree or above in a numerate subject and strong A levels (As and Bs) or equivalent.

We want people to join us who are keen to make their mark and shape the future success of our Company.

We look for graduates who seek to understand the real-life business problems that our software addresses and who can meet the challenges of working in a commercial environment to create innovative, high-quality software. Our graduates must have ambition and personal drive coupled with an analytical mindset. They will be able to assimilate information rapidly, use their initiative and acquire new skills.

If you’re interested in working on large-scale systems with best-in-class processes and methodologies, you should contact us.

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Tesco: Site Research & Analysis Graduate Leadership Programme

We make strategic and innovative recommendations to help Tesco reach as many people as possible. Equipped with our advice and knowledge, the business can develop the best stores in the best possible locations, as well as delivering a leading online offer. We're a dynamic and responsive team, highly respected throughout the business. So working here gives you a great opportunity to drive real change.

Join our 12-month long programme and you'll gain exposure to many areas, including our stores. You'll be given a buddy to support you and answer your questions, and our team has a number of graduates who'll be on hand to advise you.

This programme gives you the opportunity to join one of two teams: Forecasting or Property Insight.

Forecasting

We advise on the best locations to open new stores, focusing on finding the places where there's a need for a better supermarket. Then we use demographic data to help make it the best shop it can be. We keep the customer at the heart of our decisions, trying to provide what they need today and what they might need in the future. And we innovate to stay ahead in a fast-changing digital world.

What will you be doing?

Even as a graduate you can expect to be involved in making strategic decisions; responding to changing customer needs, synthesising complex information and presenting your findings at a senior level.

Property Insight

Our Property Insight team influences company decisions through the robust, scientific analysis of a wealth of data. We provide insight into store performance, and create analytical and statistical models. This helps the business invest wisely to reflect evolving customer demand.

What will you be doing?

As well as undertaking placements in sales forecasting role and in store, you'll learn technical skills such as SQL. This will enable you to use our vast databases to the full, and explore the causes of store and customer behaviour. Throughout, you'll use your skills to influence real world business situations.

What are we looking for? A 2:1 in any discipline and 300 UCAS pointsHighly effective analytical and decision making skillsGreat communication and organisational skillsDrive and ambitionThe ability to work as part of a team as well as on your ownA full UK driving license

We are looking for candidates with a strong spatial understanding and a passion to make our shops better. We welcome applicants with a 2:1 in any degree subject, though Geography degrees are particularly relevant to the Forecasting role, and numerical degrees for the Property Insight role.

Previous successful applicants have come from a range of backgrounds, such as mathematics, statistics, operational research, economics, psychology, physics, chemistry, and engineering.

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CAREER TEACHERS: Teaching Assistants required for daily/short-term supply!

Teaching Assistants required for daily/short-term supply! jobs, Hackney, £60 - £70 per day | Guardian Jobs Skip to content

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Email this jobAdd to shortlistPeople who viewed this job also viewedMathematics Teacher urgently wanted for January 2014.- South East London, South London MPS/UPS - TLR (If applicable)

Sceince Teacher - South-West London - Starting ASAP MPS

Experienced Primary Teaching Assistant - Central London Primary School Earn up to £70 per day

Key Stage 2 Teacher Required in Wolverhampton! £110 - £140 per day

Primary NQT - Cirencester MPS

The ideal applicant will have experience across Key Stage 1 & 2 and will be able to adapt to the environment of different schools.

Supply work is ideal for those who are looking to improve on their experience and to see how different schools operate.

Graduates are welcome to apply, as well as experienced Teaching Assistants.Are you a teacher who holds UK QTS? Did you know that with Career Teachers, you will be paid in line with the main payscale after a 12 week qualifying period? Please ask for further details.

Important Notice

In order to apply for the above position all applicants must be eligible to work in the UK, or eligible to apply for a relevant work visa. Career Teachers are unable to offer a work permit to any applicant or facilitate work permits for any vacancy on behalf of one of its clients.

It is Career Teachers policy, as a matter of courtesy, to respond to all applications within three working days. However, because of the volume of applications, we are sometimes unable to respond to individual candidates. If we have not contacted you within three working days your application has been unsuccessful and your details have not been retained. Please apply for any other position that you may see in the future. Thank you.

Career Teachers is a Recruitment Agency and is advertising this vacancy on behalf of one of its Clients.
Apply now CAREER TEACHERS Career Teachers is an education recruitment agency that provides staff to primary, secondary and special need schools throughout London, Kent, Surrey and Essex. You should never need to provide bank account details or any other financial information, or make any form of payment, when applying for a job. If you are ever asked to do this by a recruiter on our site please email jobs.help@theguardian.com

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BAE Systems: Human Resources Scheme - Military Air & Information

In Military Air & Information (MAI) we design, develop, manufacture and support some of the most advanced military aircraft in the world for customers across the globe. Our commitment to our Customers drives everything we do and is captured in our mission – “Working as an integral part of the team delivering effective air power, our aim is to give real advantage to the men and women of our customers’ armed forces. Trusted to deliver – always”. It is a mission to be proud of but it is challenging to achieve and the role of Human Resources (HR) is pivotal to the successful delivery of solutions that bring the mission to life.

It is our people that allow MAI to produce such amazing work and it is the HR teams that add real value to the business by ensuring we have the right people in the right place at the right time, and that those people are capable of delivering our mission. This is no easy task, it requires mindful resourcing, skilful recruitment, consistent employee relations, appropriate employee support, effective learning and development solutions that increase the skills and knowledge base of our employees, robust performance management tools, a fair reward framework, and across all of those fields policies and processes that really assist our people.

As an MAI HR graduate you will be involved in many of the above activities on a range of diverse projects, with the aim of developing a good base of HR skills and having a positive impact on our people and organisation. Furthermore, if you do not already have your Chartered Institute for Personnel Development (CIPD) qualification, you are encouraged to work towards it in order to learn the theory behind best practice and further your career within HR. Where your career progresses is largely up to you but if you have the drive, ambition and skills we’re looking for we’ll support you all the way.

In MAI, HR makes a difference and the question is, can you? Your degree subject is not nearly as important as you having the ability to support our people and add real value to the business. In order to do this you need to be focused on achieving results, be able to build strong relationships, apply critical thinking to solving problems, have a willingness to develop yourself and others, and be self confident.

As a HR graduate within MAI you may be required to work out of our various sites (including RAF bases) throughout the UK during the GDF.

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CAREER TEACHERS: Teacher, Year 5

I have a school in north London who has an urgent need for a year 5 teacher for January.

This is a nice school, although you must be a good classroom manager as there can be some challenging behaviour in the school. However, there is a lot of good work going on at the school with the children and the school is continually improving. The senior leadership at the school are EXCELLENT and are very supportive and determined and there is a great team spirit in the school.

The school requires an experienced candidate as they already have a number of NQTs.

As there is an urgent need for a teacher, you MUST hold a valid UK enhanced CRB and be available for immediate interview.

This would be a sometimes challenging, but very rewarding role-if you feel that you have the skills and experience, please contact me asap.Are you a teacher who holds UK QTS? Did you know that with Career Teachers, you will be paid in line with the main payscale after a 12 week qualifying period? Please ask for further details.

Important Notice

In order to apply for the above position all applicants must be eligible to work in the UK, or eligible to apply for a relevant work visa. Career Teachers are unable to offer a work permit to any applicant or facilitate work permits for any vacancy on behalf of one of its clients.

It is Career Teachers policy, as a matter of courtesy, to respond to all applications within three working days. However, because of the volume of applications, we are sometimes unable to respond to individual candidates. If we have not contacted you within three working days your application has been unsuccessful and your details have not been retained. Please apply for any other position that you may see in the future. Thank you.

Career Teachers is a Recruitment Agency and is advertising this vacancy on behalf of one of its Clients.

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CAREER TEACHERS: Teaching Assistant for Reception Class

Teaching Assistant for Reception Class jobs, Hackney, £60 - £70 per day | Guardian Jobs Skip to content

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Email this jobAdd to shortlistPeople who viewed this job also viewedSchool Teacher £22500 - £100000 per annum + Teachers Pension, Paid 13 weeks Holiday

egional Manager (UK and Ireland) – Education/ELT £48000 - £55000 Per Annum + Good Benefits

KS2 Teacher in Central London MPS/UPS1 - Inner London Pay Scale

English Teacher Job Negotiable

Maths Teacher - January Start - East London £20000 - £45000 per annum

An experienced Teaching Assistant is required for a Reception class, from the end of January 2014.

The school is rated 'good' by Ofsted and the staff are working hard to maintain and even improve on this. There are 28 children in the class that are mixed ability. Some require additional support on a one to one basis. The class teacher is very experienced and supportive and promotes a calm and nurturing ethos throughout the classroom.Are you a teacher who holds UK QTS? Did you know that with Career Teachers, you will be paid in line with the main payscale after a 12 week qualifying period? Please ask for further details.

Important Notice

In order to apply for the above position all applicants must be eligible to work in the UK, or eligible to apply for a relevant work visa. Career Teachers are unable to offer a work permit to any applicant or facilitate work permits for any vacancy on behalf of one of its clients.

It is Career Teachers policy, as a matter of courtesy, to respond to all applications within three working days. However, because of the volume of applications, we are sometimes unable to respond to individual candidates. If we have not contacted you within three working days your application has been unsuccessful and your details have not been retained. Please apply for any other position that you may see in the future. Thank you.

Career Teachers is a Recruitment Agency and is advertising this vacancy on behalf of one of its Clients.
Apply now CAREER TEACHERS Career Teachers is an education recruitment agency that provides staff to primary, secondary and special need schools throughout London, Kent, Surrey and Essex. You should never need to provide bank account details or any other financial information, or make any form of payment, when applying for a job. If you are ever asked to do this by a recruiter on our site please email jobs.help@theguardian.com

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Tesco: Space, Range and Merchandising Graduate Leadership Programme

We work to offer customers the best range of products in the space we have available. By analysing customers' needs and shopping habits, we can establish the range of products people want. Then we can build a plan for the quantity and range of products destined for each store, depending on its location and the profile of its customers. It's a great environment for problem solvers who are always looking for better ways to work.

What will you be doing?

Our Space department is about getting the most out of the space each store has, enabling us to deliver great ranges to customers. We design and build floor plans and support all our stores through a helpdesk. Join us, and you'll analyse how products are selling, study future growth trends, and build your customer and competitor insight.

Our Range department works to put the right ranges in the right stores at the most competitive prices. You'll support Merchandising by looking at customer needs, understanding how they make their buying decisions and identifying opportunities to increase sales by tailoring product ranges to different stores. You can look forward to real scope to deliver lasting changes that will generate revenue and ensure a great shopping experience for our customers.

In Merchandising, we make sure that our store fixtures make shopping even easier for our customers as well as creating merchandise plans that are simple for our stores to put in place. In this team, you'll focus on improving the layouts and visual appearance of products in stores, working with some of the UK's best known retail teams to effectively launch new products. And you'll generate real improvements in the performance of specific product ranges, such as health & beauty, bakery, clothing, grocery and more.

In all three areas, you'll be exposed to the very latest techniques in world-class retailing, and be expected to find solutions for a variety of challenges. As well as working with a wide range of stakeholders, all focused on improving shopping for our customers, you'll be able to take ownership of projects. All the while, you'll be making sure your work meets our standards, and is delivered on time and on budget.

What are we looking for? A 2:1 in any discipline and 300 UCAS pointsA passion for improving our customers experience in storeEffective analytical and decision making skillsGreat communication and negotiation skillsDrive and ambitionExcellent organisational skills and the ability to multitaskThe ability to work collaboratively as part of a team as well as on your ownA full UK driving license

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CAREER TEACHERS: Primary Teacher

We are looking for experienced primary teachers with QTS to work ad hoc days in a delightful primary school in Redbridge.

This is a 3 form entry school with an outstanding Ofsted and well behaved children

Due to the high standards in this school we are looking for teachers who are experienced, flexible in terms of year groups, engaging and have high standards.

You must be flexible due to the ad hoc nature of the role and be willing to get stuck in.

In return you will be working in a well supported, well resourced school.

Are you a teacher who holds UK QTS? Did you know that with Career Teachers, you will be paid in line with the main payscale after a 12 week qualifying period? Please ask for further details.

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In order to apply for the above position all applicants must be eligible to work in the UK, or eligible to apply for a relevant work visa. Career Teachers are unable to offer a work permit to any applicant or facilitate work permits for any vacancy on behalf of one of its clients.

It is Career Teachers policy, as a matter of courtesy, to respond to all applications within three working days. However, because of the volume of applications, we are sometimes unable to respond to individual candidates. If we have not contacted you within three working days your application has been unsuccessful and your details have not been retained. Please apply for any other position that you may see in the future. Thank you.

Career Teachers is a Recruitment Agency and is advertising this vacancy on behalf of one of its Clients.

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CAREER TEACHERS: Nursery Officer

Nursery Officer jobs, East London, £70 - £80 per day | Guardian Jobs Skip to content

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Email this jobAdd to shortlistPeople who viewed this job also viewedPrimary Teacher £120 - £150 per day

Secondary Cover Supervisor MPS/UPS

Commercial Director c.£60,000 + bonus + benefits

Business Studies Teacher Negotiable

KS3/4 Science Teacher - South-West London - Starting January 2014 MPS

We are urgently seeking an outstanding, Level 3 Nursery Officer to work in a primary school in East London. The school is 2 form entry and you will be working in the Early Years department. You would be joining a creative, friendly and supportive team where you will be encouraged to use your initiative, be organised and able to manage the children inside the classroom as well as outdoors. We are looking for people who are committed, reliable and proactive. The school welcomes people who are happy to share ideas and best practice and generally be part of the wider community. They also welcome new ideas and will support you in implementing them. If you are interested in this position please send your CV or contact me immediately for more information.Are you a teacher who holds UK QTS? Did you know that with Career Teachers, you will be paid in line with the main payscale after a 12 week qualifying period? Please ask for further details.

Important Notice

In order to apply for the above position all applicants must be eligible to work in the UK, or eligible to apply for a relevant work visa. Career Teachers are unable to offer a work permit to any applicant or facilitate work permits for any vacancy on behalf of one of its clients.

It is Career Teachers policy, as a matter of courtesy, to respond to all applications within three working days. However, because of the volume of applications, we are sometimes unable to respond to individual candidates. If we have not contacted you within three working days your application has been unsuccessful and your details have not been retained. Please apply for any other position that you may see in the future. Thank you.

Career Teachers is a Recruitment Agency and is advertising this vacancy on behalf of one of its Clients.
Apply now CAREER TEACHERS Career Teachers is an education recruitment agency that provides staff to primary, secondary and special need schools throughout London, Kent, Surrey and Essex. You should never need to provide bank account details or any other financial information, or make any form of payment, when applying for a job. If you are ever asked to do this by a recruiter on our site please email jobs.help@theguardian.com

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Rider Levett Bucknall: Graduate Quantity Surveyor

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Due to the continued success of our Sheffield office, Rider Levett Bucknall is seeking a Graduate Quantity Surveyor to support the Quantity Surveying team on exciting fast track projects for a range of dynamic clients in the commercial, retail and education sectors including a number of projects overseas.

The ideal candidate will be providing general assistance on quantity surveying services including but not limited to measuring bills of quantities, cost planning, assisting with the preparation of valuations and analysing tender as well as other ad hoc duties.

Apart from enjoying a job that is varied, stimulating and highly challenging - and being well paid for your skills - you’ll have the opportunity to gain some valuable professional qualifications.

To be considered for this role you must be immediately available and have the following experience: 

Essential: RICS accredited degree in Quantity SurveyingHigh level of IT competence especially in MS PowerPoint, MS Excel (Advanced), MS Outlook, MS Word, and a database system.  Experience of CAD or BIM measure and Cost Planning Systems would be an advantage.  Well organised, diligent, proactive, assertive, well disciplined and commercially astute. Excellent communication and presentation skills both written and verbal. Natural problem solver using own initiative to solve daily issues with regards to logistics and information flow. Experience of understanding and manipulating information to produce clear and concise reports. Ability to handle and deal effectively with high volumes of information from different forms of communication (email, letter, internal meetings, telephone etc). Self-confidence and ability to work with a variety of people Excellent customer service, communication and client/external interface skills A team player with a ‘can do’ attitude, outgoing, polite, patient, diplomatic, personable and flexible

If you are interested in this vacancy, please use the ‘APPLY NOW’ link to send us your CV. Please include details of your current/previous remuneration package and any additional information in relation to your suitability to this role. 

At Rider Levett Bucknall we pride ourselves on providing our clients with first class property and construction consultancy advice at all stages of the property life cycle.  We work across the Americas, Asia, EMEA and Oceania, with over 3000 people operating from more than 100 offices. In the UK we employ over 400 staff in seven different offices in Birmingham, Bristol, London, Manchester, Sheffield, Wokingham and Welwyn Garden City. Our reputation for providing consistently high levels of consultancy services to our clients rests entirely on our ability to recruit and develop the highest calibre staff.

For the fifth year running Rider Levett Bucknall has picked up the No.1 position in the Guardian sponsored Britain’s Top Employers. This, together with our achievement of IIP Champion Status, and our four successive years with a place in the Times Top 100 Companies to Work For, is a tremendous endorsement for Rider Levett Bucknall. 

Rider Levett Bucknall UK Ltd is an Equal Opportunities Employer 

No agencies please

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Julie Kendrick: The Power of Soup

I believe in the masterpieces that everyday people can create, when they’re given a chance. I believe in sharing nourishment with my friends. I believe in warm, tasty liquids on a freezing cold day. I believe in the power of soup.

I started hosting soup swaps four years ago, after reading about Knox Gardner, a Seattle resident who loved to cook big pots of soup but who quickly tired of his own cooking. He had an idea to bring friends together for an evening to talk about, and swap, containers of their favorite soups. His hope was not only to fill his freezer with tasty meals, but, as he said, “foster a community of friends and families to create traditions around food and sharing.”

I held my first soup swap shortly after I read that article, and I’ve never looked back. I host two swaps a year, one in spring and one in fall, although I had a friend tell me recently that she thought I held them every month. That would just be crazy, but it shows what an impact the swaps have had. The concept is simple: arrive with six containers of frozen soup, tell the group about your creation, pick a number, and then take turns selecting new soups to take home and enjoy.

In Minnesota, where I live, the winters are cold and long, and the prospect of brand-new soup, maybe a kind I’ve never tried before, or one from a friend who’s a great cook, can liven up many dreary weeknight suppers and Saturday afternoon lunches. But it’s more than that, of course—it’s the friendships and bonds that are formed when we share the stories of our precious creations with each other. Like the woman who told us that she was the only grandkid who ever cooked with Grandma, and how now all her siblings want to come over to her house for bowls of Grandma’s Famous Vegetable Soup. Or the newlywed who swapped Artichoke Bisque, the same kind of soup that she and her boyfriend were eating when he proposed. Or the friend who told of her transformative vacation at a Colorado dude ranch, and how she’d convinced the chef to share the recipe for Roasted Poblano and Squash Soup to help her remember that time.

There are chances to give back, too. One year, I had a friend who had just started chemotherapy treatment, so I asked guests to bring along an extra container. Their generosity allowed me to deliver twenty quarts of soup to my ailing friend and her family.

Soup is slow. You just cannot rush soup. Soup is nourishing. Even when some of the ingredients are slightly decadent, it’s nourishing for all the parts of you, not just the waistline. And, perhaps most importantly for the place where I live, soup is warm. When I open my freezer and heat up a friend’s recipe, I think of her and I connect with her. All over one bowl of soup.

Julie Kendrick is a writer who lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota, which has the coldest average temperature of any major metropolitan area in the U.S. (about eleven below zero in January). She survives the winter by writing (sometimes with gloves on), dreaming of spring, and, of course, preparing many batches of soup.

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Silas House: The Knowing

I believe that if more people were like dogs, we’d all be a whole lot happier.

My dogs make me a better person just by being themselves. They don’t care about what color I am, or whom I love, or my religion, or any of the other ridiculous things that separate us as people. They only care that I am kind to them and others. That’s what should matter.

My dogs also know that giving and receiving affection are the most important things in life. Yes, eating is right up there, too. But I believe that if my dogs had to choose between lying still in a patch of sunshine while I sat beside them on the grass giving their bellies a good rub or devouring a meal of the same dog food they get every single day of their lives . . . well, I truly believe they’d choose the loving, despite their genuine devotion to gobbling down their kibble as if they might never have another morsel of food offered to them in their whole lives.

When they offer themselves up to receive adulation, they cause me to become still, to remember that most things actually can wait a few more minutes to get done because this moment right here, this moment of sitting beneath the trees with their swaying limbs, the sun warm on my face, the scent of the creek down in the woods, the birdcall in the deepest parts of those woods, and the holy world (all of it holy, every single bit of it) shimmering all about me, this moment is what life is about.

Having a dog—or any pet—makes us better people. They force us to slow down (each time I return home I have to spend a few minutes patting the belly of our outside dog, Rufus, because he’ll lie down on the driveway on his back, right in my way as I’m rushing to the door; I can’t refuse that and I often fold myself down onto the ground with grocery bags standing all around us to give him some loving), to pay more attention, to be kinder (especially to Pepper, who came from an abusive household before ours, and carries all of that grief in his eyes, in his damaged back, in his wariness), to give and receive affection, to be patient (especially on days when Holly Marie just doesn’t really feel like going to the bathroom anytime quick), to love and love and love.

Writers aren’t supposed to throw that word around much. We’re supposed to be stingy with putting that on the page. But it is necessary when talking about dogs because that’s what they embody. They remind us, time and time again, of the most important thing. Such a shame that we actually forget that. But we do.

I know that some people think it’s a sin to think an animal has a soul, but I do. I don’t care what anyone says or thinks. Because if anything in this world is close to God, it’s a dog. I believe a great amount of being in touch with God is required to hear the thunder from way off, or to feel the trembling of a train miles away, or to know when someone they care about needs them, and offer comfort no matter what, and not have one tiny bit of judgment in their whole beings. I believe a sort of holiness is required to remind us that everything in this world deserves affection. Dogs know these things. They know and know and know.

Dogs make us better people. That’s what I believe.

Silas House is the nationally bestselling author of five novels, three plays, and one work of creative nonfiction. He has been published in the New York Times, Narrative, Newsday, Oxford American, and many other publications. The NEH Chair of Appalachian Studies at Berea College, he also serves on the fiction faculty of the MFA in creative writing at Spalding University.

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Marianne Bachleder: Happy With What I Have

I am a docent at the California Academy of Sciences. A few weeks ago I was visiting with a lovely Indian family about the Academy’s Swamp exhibit. Their young son was fascinated by the albino alligator and asked many questions about him. As the family was leaving, I asked the boy if he would like a sticker to put on his shirt. He quickly chose an alligator sticker. The boy’s younger brother spent time going through all the sticker choices before choosing a butterfly. The boy who had chosen first then said softly to his father, “I didn’t see the frog sticker. I would have chosen the frog.” His father immediately urged the boy to ask me for a second sticker. The boy said, “No, I’m happy with what I have.”

I was stunned. Such wisdom, grace, and gratitude, all from an eight-year-old boy. Too often, we forget to be happy with what we have and in our forgetfulness we spread the infection of discontent. It’s a mistake easily made in a world where everyone is expected to pursue every want—the newest gadget, the latest update.

I recently purchased my first laptop computer. In discussions with the salesperson, he casually said, “Well, within two years, you’ll probably want a new one anyway.” Why would I want a new one if my old one was working? Why wouldn’t I be “happy with what I have”? Perhaps, “want” is the key word. I won’t necessarily need a new laptop in two years but I “will probably want one.”

All consumerism, all advertising is based on the assumption that we are not happy with what we have. Or, if we are happy, that we can be made unhappy by dangling something shiny or edible in front of us.

A poet friend of mine says, “In days past, the word ‘consumption’ was used to describe tuberculosis, a wasting away of the body; today, consumption is a wasting away of the spirit.” I need to protect myself against this spirit sickness, this constant lack of thankfulness. I may want shiny things, but I don’t need them. What I do desperately need is the peace of mind found in moments of contentment and gratitude. I need to identify each of my wildcat urges to purchase or possess as either “want” or “need.” My needs are basic, predictable, manageable. My wants are chaotic changelings, disturbers of the peace that can never be satisfied.

I will tend my needs, I will whittle my wants, and I will say often, “I’m happy with what I have.”

Marianne Bachleder spent 30 years in corporate banking and since retirement has been heavily involved volunteering for local non-profit organizations. She is the proud mother of a Washington state firefighter, and she lives with her husband of 40 years in San Francisco.

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Becky Sun: Here Comes (the Real) Santa Claus

I believe in Santa Claus. No, I didn’t always believe, but nine years ago, on Christmas Eve, he knocked on my front door and handed me a stocking filled with candy and toys.

Unlike the majority of my friends, I wasn’t introduced to the jolly guy until second grade. My family emigrated from Taiwan to a small town in central Georgia, where my dad got a visa for his family and a job doctoring inmates at a nearby penitentiary. I had just learned English, and from what little I could gather from my classmates, there was this guy who would come down one’s chimney and put toys in one’s stocking on Christmas Eve! What a great country, I thought. After I looked up stocking in my Chinese-English dictionary, I knew what I had to do.

On that fateful night, after everyone went to bed, I took my longest, cleanest knee sock and attached it to a nail already on the mantel. Obviously, the previous owners of this house were no strangers to this Santa character. Unfortunately, my parents were.

I woke up before everyone else on Christmas Day and ran to the fireplace. To make a sob story short, I was hit with the reality of a flaccid sock and the biggest lie ever told. I indulged in a few tears, quickly took down the sock, and stuffed it in the back of a drawer. Santa was dead.

Every December since then, the topic of Christmas memories would inevitably come up, and I would regale my friends with my poor-little-me story. I had to make it as wry as possible, or else I would cry.

How could I know that Santa was just late? Nine years ago, on Christmas Eve, an older man with a white beard and a red cap knocked on my front door. He said, “I’ve been looking for you for twenty-five years.” He handed me a bulging red stocking, winked, and left. On top of the stocking was a card. It read: “For Becky—I may have missed you in the second grade, but you’ve always lived in my heart. Santa.”

Through tear-blurred eyes, I recognized the curlicue handwriting of Jill, a friend I had met just two months before. I later discovered that the older man was her father. Jill had seen the hurt little girl underneath the jaded thirty-something woman and decided to do something about it.

So now I believe that Santa is real. I don’t mean the twinkle-eyed elf of children’s mythology or the creation of American holiday marketers. Those Santas annoy and sadden me. I believe in the Santa Claus that dwells inside good and thoughtful people. This Santa does not return to the North Pole after a twenty-four-hour delivery frenzy but lives each day purposefully, really listens to friends, and then plans deliberate acts of kindness.

Becky Sun is a senior editor for Iconoculture, a consumer insights company. She now lives in Minneapolis with her husband and three children, whose stockings are filled with care every Christmas Eve.

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