The Story Behind the Story Project collects real-life stories of work from a variety of work places and small communities‹from a construction site, to a police department, from a university, to an urban church. Because these story tellers pull us into a dilemma they faced, invite us to predict a response, then let us compare ours and theirs, these stories uncover the often unrecognized problem-solving, the silent situated knowledge of many teens and adults. And they may give us insight into our own.

The Story Bank is a growing collection of these problem-facing accounts that might help you further your own inquiry into the culture of work‹and what it is really like to be a waitress, a foreman, and a teaching assistant.

Join the Dialogue invites you to interact with the stories‹write in your predictions, see those of other readers, and reflect on what those differences reveal.

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