Word: burnout
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...million that The Lion King grossed worldwide. But that film opened just weeks before Katzenberg was ejected in a play for advancement that went sour. Disney's subsequent cartoons--Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Hercules--failed to replicate that level of success. Was it animation burnout, or was Katzenberg the one with the Midas touch...
...burnout stage and felt I needed to do something different in my life, but I wasn't too quick to get up and leave my job, since they gave me the option to do something like this," says Weisner, who has worked at the company since she graduated from the State University of New York at Binghamton 12 years ago. "I guess I wanted to feel like I'm giving back to my community in a tangible way," she adds. Weisner had toyed with the idea of going to medical school when she was an undergraduate. "If I can save...
Bart Simpson is an underachiever--"and proud of it," as a million T shirts read, back when The Simpsons began its run on Fox and he was the first fad of the '90s. Remember "Eat my shorts"? Recall "Cowabunga" and "Ay, caramba"? His fame skyrocketed in no time; burnout was virtually assured...
...whose family life resembles a 1950s sitcom fantasy-world, parents' attitudes toward visiting college will vary. Those juniors who are first-born or only children might still inspire their parents' awe by showing them Lowell House. My parents, by contrast, are tuition junkies well on their way to burnout. As of next year, they'll be burdened with three children in three different colleges and one in law school, simultaneously. For them, the college thing is beginning...
...this country, the worst in the industrialized world. It's not just that we aren't soft and indulgent, like Sweden. It's that the average pay for caregivers is $12,000 annually; the average training is nil; and there are few standards to speak of. There is massive burnout and turnover. Day care at the work site is rare. And although most juvenile crime occurs between the hours of 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.--as do many teenage pregnancies, I'd wager--programs to keep kids occupied after school have been drastically cut. Whether we like...