We’re thinking about getting a digital single-lens reflex camera. Right now the leader may be the Olympus E-520. I can’t find a single bad review on it.
Any advice from you photogs out there?
I’m spending my days this week at a camp for children with disabilities run by United Cerebral Palsy. Can I just say I’m having a great time.
Each camper has one or two volunteers to work with him or her while we do crafts, watch shows (magician, puppet show, zoo show), play sports and, generally, just have a fun day.
My camper doesn’t talk too much, but we are having a blast. He loves to play basketball and soccer (indoors, thankfully, given the heat), and I’m so content to spend half an hour just pulling down boards or playing keeper.
Obviously this isn’t a perfect approximation of what teaching will be like. Not even close. But I’m truly enjoying working with my camper and some of the other campers who he has befriended.
In other words, I think I could get use to this. Once this week is over, I’m going into overdrive to get ready for the school year.
Upon arriving home from the Dallas area, I found a message from Houston school h.r. telling me my hiring memo had been filed and that I should call to schedule an appointment.
Sweet! I’m a signature or two away from official! (Hopefully.)
The job offer came in tonight.
And I took it.
I’m going to be teaching special ed/behavior support at a Houston elementary school. Paperwork pending.
Big day.
Jenny and I are in the Dallas ‘burbs for her work conference. Need to do some work from the room and, maybe, watch “Land of the Lost.”
Had a job interview this morning. Last minute. Out of the blue. But, I’m apparently a finalist for a teaching gig. I want it. Bad. So send me good thoughts and prayers.
Lastly, I ate at an Olive Garden. I’m not proud of it, but it was just soup, salad and bread sticks, so it barely counted.
Hit another job fair this morning. And I will be back at it tomorrow.
I don’t know what else to do. I’m meeting people. I’m making connections. I’ve even interviewed a few times. Sure, there’s plenty of time left and plenty of jobs both open now and likely to come open in the next month.
Still, I feel like I’m flailing around to no real effect. I met a lot of people at the job fair. Mainly HR people. And they were kind and polite and supportive as they took my resume. Ultimately, however, they aren’t the folks doing the hiring. I need to meet those people and stand out to those people.
Given my background and enthusiasm, I believe I’ll have that chance. But I want that chance now. I want to be hired now. Not later. Even if that hiring is, hopefully, inevitable.
Might be the worst movie ever made, despite having a mega shark and giant octopus that destroy stuff and fight.
Shouldn’t be possible, but it is. Worst. Ever. Probably.
(BTW: The mega shark can swim faster than a jet.)
