Geoff, congrats on the job offer! Did you accept it?
I got offered an 80% position in a Mission District school, teaching only one period of chemistry. I'm teaching two periods of math for the kids that flunked the math exit exam, and need remediation. This is going to be a tough, tough year for me, but I need to be able to survive things like this. And I haven't even signed any papers, but the "dream schools" actually start indoctrinating the teachers on Monday! My summer's over!
If you wanted the sky, I would write across the sky
In letters that would soar a thousand feet high:
"To Sir, With Love."Or something like that.
Yeah, it's a bitch getting the gigs no one else wants, but no matter what your field, those are the only gigs that get you anywhere if you don't have the right connections to bypass them. They're worthwhile gigs, either way: It can only aid one's worldview and perspective to see how people of a different ilk respond to the day-to-day stimuli, and be able to respond to them in kind, in a way that helps them adapt to the adult world.
In other words, you'll do fine. I hope you open your blog to them, if they can handle.
