You might be surprised how many skills come in handy in the workplace. Many are learned during childhood, but some can only be learned through experience. Some of the main types of skills useful in the workplace are things like communication. How clearly we communicate affects the success of our presentations and our ability to collaborate with bosses and coworkers. While communication and collaboration are important, employees also need to be able to work independently with confidence. An ability to improvise often makes a difference in bad situations. Multitasking, too, is an important skill to master. You don't want to do multiple things at once all the time, but those who know how to multitask are more likely to keep their cool under stressful conditions. These are just some of the skills that help people succeed in the workplace. Don't worry if you don't have them all right now. Some spend a lifetime developing them.
He was used to being made fun of.
We know this by him taking this reply in ‘with a sort of humble patience’. This means that he has experienced this kind of teasing - or even bullying before and he is used to it.
I don't think that this classifies as an English question but I'll try to answer it. I think some of the causes are factories, where they can cause air pollution. Results would be the harming of our environment, global warming, and damage of historical monuments. I hope this helps. Next time try to post a question in the correct category. Have a nice day.
The symbolism of stitching is that stitches hold things together, and Mrs. Wright's situation was falling apart. This becomes clear when the women look at the quilt that Mrs. Wright was working on most recently, and see that there had been neat, even stitching on the rest of the quilt, but the latest stitching had been a total mess.