What rule number one is.
How to find your true power by acting like a rude teenage girl.
How to pick the best place to work before you ever apply.
Who pays the best.
What the right questions to ask are and who to ask.
The one place that you work for only as a last resort.
What will disqualify you.
The controversial things no one will tell you.
What the down sides are.
Secrets for handling the "bad" kids and the ones who challenge you.
How to spot trouble before it gets started.
How to end trouble if it does start.
You won't end up with your 15 minutes of fame being one of those school bus incident videos on You Tube.
How to handle fights and riots. Don't freak out, it's rare, and it's easier to deal with than you think.
That what happens 98% of the time is sweet, charming, fun or funny.
How to use humor to get results.
How to teach kids social skills.
That you'll start out as a substitute driver and why that's good and bad.
You'll know where to find mid day and summer work between runs
You'll get those you work with to get much better results for you.
How the politics work and who has the power.
How to save your job if things get ugly.
Where assumptions will get you in trouble.
How to deal with the "Paul Harvey"
When to quit.
How to use the power of secrets.
When you'll meet your inner drill sargent.
What to do when those you count on are useless.
Why I love this job WAY more than any other.

Go ahead, buy it...

Save yourself from making all the embarassing mistakes I did!

Thanks,

Dave Bross

Auteur

Hi!
I'm Dave Bross

My real art has been enjoying life while still having the time and money to learn and do the things I like.
That always meant figuring out how to avoid spending large amounts of time, money or struggle to cover the basics.

How?

Making mistakes...and lots of them...which is good!
If you're going to be dumb, you've got to be tough!
Just kidding... although...

A lifetime of work and play at making, fixing and doing things.

Learning to be very good at lots of things.
There's a resume at davebross.com (look on the sitemap) if you want the particulars.

Can you say "autodidact"? I know, showing off with big words again, go look it up anyway. It's like Broccoli...builds character and all that.
What? You're already a character? Allright then, we'll get along just fine and no need for vegetables.

Hands on experience. I get all that I can.
See dumb and tough above. Scars too!

I'm a big monkey...all curiosity and equipped with thumbs...Look out now!
I want to know HOW it works and WHY.

Much practice at problem solving, research, creativity and the ability to take a
project from idea to completion. Think Frankenstein...
Only because I had the great fortune of working for some very tough old Germans who turned me from a teenage waste gate into someone who actually could execute something with standards.

Renaissance Redneck - I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth but I never did fit that scene. I've been hands on and tinkering since I was little and always much preferred the company of those who do skilled, productive work or art.
Preferably outdoors...hence the redness of neck.

So...

I thought I would write it all down...and that it might be a good idea to...

Be brief
Be useful
Be gone

And see if we can have some fun doing it.

As my Irish ancestors said...
"We're not here for a long time, we're here for a good time!"

So thanks for stopping by.

Dave