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The factory’s new machines arrived on a Monday, crated like coffins. By Friday, half the night shift had been told their positions were "no longer required."
Carla had worked the line for nineteen years. She knew the sounds of every machine the way a mother knows her children’s cries. On her last night, she walked the floor slowly, touching the old presses as if saying goodbye to old friends.
The engineer installing the new system, a young man named Felix, stopped her. "The sensors keep flagging a vibration in Line Four," he said, embarrassed. "I can’t find it."
Carla closed her eyes and listened. "Bearing on the third roller," she said. "It hums a half-tone flat when it’s going." Felix checked. She was right. He looked at the shiny screen, then at her. "They didn’t put that in the manual," he said. The next morning, the plant manager offered Carla a new job: training the people who would train the machines.
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Free Grade 11 English worksheet (Common Core RL.11-12.1): read "Overtime" and answer questions about key details, characters and theme. Skill: Key ideas and details in literature. Level: Grade 11 — also suits Year 12 (UK).
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Key ideas and details in literature.
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