Life is interesting. As much as you try to
figure out what is going to happen you can never really know the exact details.
The last month and a half has been that exact case for me. I have tried to
figure out where I would be in life and know what my future holds. I imagined
at the beginning of January being in a High School setting teaching Algebra and
preparing students for their AIMS. I also thought that I would be coaching a
middle school soccer team. Looking back I have seen that none of those things actually
happened.
When looking at the first part of teaching
in High School came as a big disappointment. Before I went home for Christmas
break I have an observation from a Vice Principal from a high school. After the
observation he proceeded to tell me that they were looking for someone to teach
a few classes of Algebra 1 and a few periods of AIMS prep. Over the break I
waited to hear from the principal but I did not get anything. After coming back
I sent various emails to him asking about the situation. After a few emails I get a response from him
that states that they are trying to see if they can fund the job within the
school budget. He also stated that he would give me a definite answer by the
next day. I wanted for a couple of days and the email had not come. I wrote
back a few more times and still no response. To this day the principal has not
emailed me back and not got into contact with me. So that slipped through and
left me down here with no job at all. The panic starts to come and the stress
as well. To go along with this the middle school soccer team went along the
same effect.
After seeing that the high school job was
not happening I sought out for a temporary job to hold me over for a few months
while I figured things out. So I applied
to all the local grocery stores and waited for a response. I got a response
from one place and they asked me for an interview. After the interview they
told me that they were going to go with someone else but that they would train
me as a cashier instead of night crew. I went through training after a couple
weeks. After I worked for a full week as a cashier they told me that the person
they had hired had already quit. So I worked that Saturday and I now just work
nights. It is only 3 nights a week but it is something and I am slowly getting
the money to survive.
Most recently today I got an email from a
school district that I applied to sub in that said that they had approved my
application. I finished the paperwork just now and I will turn it in tomorrow
where they will schedule my orientation and I will be off and running. I am
really looking forward to that since I know that I will be requested from the Junior
High that I did my student teaching. My mentor teacher asked when they would be
able to start requested me already. I really look forward to that day I get to
go back and see the students I taught last semester.
