Except that Oakland does need you more than Albany. Berkeley does, too.
Possibly you could say something about being drawn to the Bay Area, needing to live someplace that's manageable on a teacher's salary, and wanting to be fully rooted, both home and career, in whatever community you end up teaching in, to better understand specific local issues, community problems and challenges the kids may be facing, etc. etc.?
Which is such a complete and utter asspull I can hardly believe I'm daring to post it. It's probably way too bullshitty to use, but it's the first thing I could think of.
And yes, please, tap the Zahas hivemind if you get called for an interview!
Oakland's under a State mandated takeover of the school district. SF's only caught between lapsed Federal desegration orders and State laws and local lawsuits.
I was going with being interested in "the prospect of working in a school system committed to major change."
Ooh, JZ, you're good. Wonder if I can stay awake long enough to make this halfway decent. On the other hand, how good does it have to be? Really. I'm applying to teach math. I've seen how some other math teachers write.
Ack! Quick question. They want a personal statement in a Word document. Any suggestions about formatting? Double space or single? Indent? I've been writing papers for school for so long I can't remember what normal people write like!
Eh, never mind. Went ahead and submitted. Must grade tests before bed.
Doorbell report.
about 10 min ago. I was not naked. and it wasa neighbor bring me fresh caught salmon. sliced up into nice steaks.
that's my kinda doorbell ringing
Beth - I love your doorbell reports. No one ever rings our doorbell. Shoot, most folks can't even FIND it, if they wanted to ring it. Plus we have that added canine warning system making a doorbell redundant.
We don't have a doorbell.
Our NEW house has a doorbell.
(It also has a funky-assed foundation, but we're negotiating to get the sellers to fix that. Le sigh.)
Meanwhile - I'm sitting in the back of my van as practice runs late YET AGAIN.
I have to pee and that requires driving to the local Starbucks. Blarg.
It also has a funky-assed foundation
Ooh, not good. I hope they fix it without too much hassle and do it right.
We have a doorbell. Unfortunately, when Dad fixed the wiring, the doorbell died. Very strange.
Ooh, not good.
Not good. Fixable, but not-good enough that we'd rather have it done now on their dime than have found out about it sometime off in the future.
