Oh, my internet is working! It's been almost 5 days.
SO. I have a job, and actually started today. Insanely early, I know. Their enrollment went up and they needed an elective teacher. Um. Great.
Pay is ok, it's a corporate charter, which will be interesting, and I'm teaching Newspaper, Yearbook and 4 sections of Multiculti Lit one semester and Intro to the Novel the next.
No, I'm NOT a journalism major. Taught Newspaper or Yearbook? Nevah...
I have told them this, and they are fine with it. So, I guess I'm going to do the best I can. I'm not worried about yearbook, but with newspaper...they're gonna have to be ok with a monthly or biweekly job, and I'm going to be a week ahead of the kids on the basics of Journalism 101.
So, that's my news. Also, I have a PSA:
Never let a guy in an alley pick you up on a Saturday night. Even if he's cute. It leads to sad French farce.
Ok!!
Never let a guy in an alley pick you up on a Saturday night. Even if he's cute. It leads to sad French farce.
...this sounds like it could also lead to a horror movie.
BUT YAY A JOB!!!
I've been reading Jonathan Kozol and thinking again about teaching middle/high school. I've really enjoyed most times I've taught kids in the middle school range, and my teaching style seems to mesh better with them than with college kids. Or it could just be that I need to learn some more about how to teach college courses. And maybe grow a few inches taller and get a deeper voice. (People STILL think I'm in high school. I'm 27!)
...this sounds like it could also lead to a horror movie
Yeah, that genre might apply too. One of those stupid "Scary Movie" types, but without any violence or death.
(I did know the guy he's with, and the alley is the driveway of my apartment. I'm morally ambiguous, but not a complete moron.)
And boy, howdy, was I relieved to get a job. And it'll be interesting to teach those two new-to-me classes. I mean, actually class time to do something that, to me, feels extracurricular!
Hil, I've done both and I'm good at hs and college, deadly at middle. Not enough patience in the world, and I am much more patient than I was 3 years ago.
Erin, that's fabulous! GO YOU!
See, I've worked with fifth graders in New Orleans, and grades five through eight at CTY, and I really loved both of those. I haven't done much other than tutoring with high school kids. College, I haven't really liked much, but I'm not sure how much of that is because of the particular college, and also because I've almost always been on Calculus I, which is generally acknowledged as hell.
Erin job! Yay! If you need some advice on the journalism side, I was a newspaper reporter and editor and a university student publications adviser.
Useful phrases:
They won't sue you; they'll sue your parents.
Chronological order is almost never the best way to tell a story.
Most of the time, you can throw out the first paragraph.
There is no good substitute for "says" in attribution.
High school publications are not protected under the First Amendment.
Just because you can use 20 different fonts doesn't mean you should.
YAY for a job and a paycheck, Erin! My DH is off to KC this weekend, so I was thinking of you and how, since I was missing this trip, I'd not get to meet you (again). I'm also missing seeing an old friend who moved to Overland Park a year or so ago (who I haven't seen in 10 years). Boo on semesters starting and students coming back and me having to get ready for them!
Sox, are you back from your trip? or stealing Irish Internet? I suppose I could look it up in my email, but I'm feeling lazy.
