The only year we didn't have Shakespeare in high school was Junior year because it was an American Literature class. Romeo and Juliet freshman year, Julius Caesar sophomore year, and A Midsummer Night's Dream senior year.

Kristin, I'd have 24 computers in my classroom!

So unfair! But I'm glad the interview went well.

NO Shakespeare, tho! I'd be teaching sophomore classes and a newsletter class.

What! That's crazy talk. Only doing Shakespeare during 2 years of school seems strange. However, the school district I teach in doesn't do Shakespeare during the Junior year of English (American Lit). The play for that year is Crucible.

Yeah, that question, I hates it. What I want to say is "They didn't renew my contract 4 days after I told them I would be out for the last month of school for major surgery, and they threw me a lame-ass "I didn't turn my lesson plans in enough" excuse. They suck, and you should be smarter than they were and HIRE me, because I'm a fucking awesome teacher, and they're morons."

I think employers can often read between the lines and see all that behind the polite, politic answer. And if they like you, they think, "We have to hire her, because she worked for jerks before, but she has enough aplomb and self-control to keep her cool about it when appropriate."

Vortex, they teach Shakespeare freshmen and senior year. Which probably makes many students happy, but I taught Shakey all four years; R+J frosh, Shrew soph, Othello jr, and Hamlet sr.

When I was growing up, we had R&J frosh, Julius Caesar soph, nothing junior year because that was our American Lit year, and senior year AP classes got Macbeth and Hamlet, while I think everyone else just got Hamlet.

If I were in charge of the Alabama English curriculum, I would've put at least twice as much Shakespeare on it and mixed in some histories (well, Henry V, at least, because I'm a sucker for all the usual speeches) and comedies.

What I want to say is "They didn't renew my contract 4 days after I told them I would be out for the last month of school for major surgery, and they threw me a lame-ass "I didn't turn my lesson plans in enough" excuse. They suck, and you should be smarter than they were and HIRE me, because I'm a fucking awesome teacher, and they're morons."

Heh. I've been avoiding a similar answer myself.

We had Julius Caesar as freshman, Merchant of Venice for sophmore year, and Othello was either junior or senior year. I can't quite remember because, through a bizarre set of circumstances, I skipped ahead a year in English. I do know that one of the Honors English junior trimesters was all Shakespeare so I always felt cheated out of my Bill Fix.

I'm fairly sure we did R&J-fresh, Julius Ceasar-soph, and then Hamlet Sr. year. Jr. year was an Am. Lit and Am. History block with Webb and Pardue.

I think employers can often read between the lines and see all that behind the polite, politic answer. And if they like you, they think, "We have to hire her, because she worked for jerks before, but she has enough aplomb and self-control to keep her cool about it when appropriate

This is my hope.

Well, I just got a phone call. I have another interview Monday at a Catholic High school. I submitted my resume last night, and yesterday was the first day the opening had ben posted. The school I interviewed at yesterday said I should know either by phone call or mail about it by Friday, so I can (hopefully!) cancel the interview or have aback-up interview if I am not offered this position.

It's getting down to the wire, friends. Think good thoughts for me.

Congrats on the new interview, Erin!

So much Job~ma for ya Erin.

I seem to recall R&J, Julius Ceasar, MacDeath (I'm typing in a theater, can't type it for real), and King Lear. But I might be getting schools mixed up. Go figure, I've done a fair amount of Shakes. That was one of the bummers of leaving old job. THis up coming season, they are doing Lear, which is my fav to read, and I've never seen it. Oh well.

In the mean time. Today is the bands first day of rehearsal. So a pretty awesome local band, Oso Closo, will be playing for us in Tommy. It's the first day, and they sound AWESOME! Can. Not. WAIT! (except for the shitload of work that needs to be done between now and then)

Tons of job~ma for you Erin!

So, guess who didn't show during the appointment window?