INTERVIEW UPDATE

I had my interview today at the high school!  I didn't get too lost (shout out to Carrie for praying to St. Anthony to save lost Amelias) and I have a 40 minute interview. If I had thought about it, I would've taken a picture in the suit I was wearing, but after being jittery to the point that my heart and my stomach became one organ (or so it felt), I was so tired when I got home that I just got changed immediately. Ah, well!  I was only nervous all yesterday to the moment I met the woman I was interviewing with.

They were friendly and very welcoming. They wasted no time making me feel at home and talking to the one woman was very calming to my jitters - I knew once I had conversations, that would calm me down.  For once, there was only one thing that conquered my fear of driving to new places - fear of the interview.  You always have those horror questions run through your head, as if your interviewer is trying to break you... my brain is too tired to think of something right now.  They didn't ask me any of those nightmare questions you hope you never get at an interview - they asked me about my experience, who I was, how I would implement technology (they're a very tech-savvy school, however you spell "savvy"), different things on my career path, etc; I asked them a couple of questions like what resources did the school have, what's the student population like, spiritual resources for students/faculty, etc.  It was a really nice conversation and I was excited to be there and happy to be there talking to them.  I'll know in 3 weeks whether or not they want me to come in for another interview.

Even if I don't get this job, I at least got to know them and their school a little better and it was an adventure driving around!  I only made 2 wrong turns but I corrected them with the help of the GPS... sometimes, the signs were lacking, so it was easy to miss the turn, but the TomTom always knew the way.  Thank goodness.

Also, more promising news! I was talking to some people at my priest's farewell shindig about how I wanted to find either an English teacher job or a Latin teacher job, and one father approached me and asked if I could tutor his daughter in Latin and potentially ancient Greek! They actually have Hansen and Quinn... I told him that Hansen and Quinn will need to be taken REALLY REALLY SLOWLY, especially since she's in Latin 1.  For those that don't know, Hansen and Quinn are the two authors of a certain book, Ancient Greek: An Intensive Course, and it looks like the textbook added above.  I studied ancient Greek from this tome and let me tell you, this book does not lie when it says it's INTENSIVE.  College friends of mine have seen me carry this book around campus as though I were Hermione Granger with her "light reading".  I've scared some curious people looking over my shoulder - they see the Greek letters and run away.  Anyway, I start tomorrow and I'm going to be tutoring her twice a week for a total of 2 hours a week on Latin. I'm happy I have a Latin student!

I don't think I have anything else to say for now... my brain is fried.  I just wanted to update my followers on my teacher progress. :)