For this week's activity, you will be watching this TedTalks (https://www.ted.com/talks/nigel_marsh_how_to_make_work_life_balance_work). In the video, the presenter made the following statement: "Certain job and career choices are fundamentally incompatible with being meaningfully engaged on a day-to-day basis with a young family." After watching the video and thinking about that statement, please address the prompt and answer the questions below.

1. Provide a bulleted list (point form) of 2-3 specific jobs/careers that might make it difficult for parents to be "meaningfully engaged on a day-to-day basis" with their young children. You do not need to list explanations, just the job/career titles themselves.
2. Do you think the job/careers you listed are gendered, meaning is one sex more likely to have those jobs than the other, and why? Do not say both sexes are equally capable as that is the case for nearly all jobs. The question is not asking about capable. It is asking about who actually takes those jobs and why.
3. The presenter told the story of when he left work an hour early to pick his son up from school and take care of him until he went to sleep. How might employers react to an employee leaving work early for a family obligation - like sick kids, kids with childcare that fell through, or kids' school, athletic, or extracurricular event?
4. How might leaving work early affect one's career in the long run? Do not just say, for example, "it will negatively affect their career." Be specific and expand on what the negatives might look like.

Writing/Formatting Guidelines

• Number your responses
• Begin each response as its own separate paragraph
• Format Q1 as a list (bulleted, point form)
• Adhere to the word minimum/maximum noted for Q2, Q3 and Q4
• Please do NOT include the prompt/questions as our TAs know what they are :)

Rubric

Work-life Balance Rubric (1)

Criteria

Ratings

Pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeQ1Includes 2-3 jobs/careers

1 pts Exceptional, Perfect

0.75 pts Good, solid work

0.5 pts Poor

1 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeQ2Response is insightful; Writing quality is high (clarity, flow, conciseness)

3 pts Exceptional, Perfect

2.5 pts Outstanding

2.2 pts Good, solid work

1.8 pts Acceptable

1.6 pts Poor

3 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeQ3Response is insightful; Writing quality is high (clarity, flow, conciseness)

3 pts Exceptional, Perfect

2.5 pts Outstanding

2.2 pts Good, solid work

1.8 pts Acceptable

1.6 pts Poor

3 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeQ4Response is insightful; Writing quality is high (clarity, flow, conciseness)

3 pts Exceptional, Perfect

2.5 pts Outstanding

2.2 pts Good, solid work

1.8 pts Acceptable

1.6 pts Poor

3 pts

Total Points: 10

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