I have just finished the first week of the August secession of summer school.
The program ran for three weeks back in June, and I've now got two more weeks left in August.
I have about twice as many kids this time; 11 instead of 6. I've got four different classes going on at the same time. That isn't really too difficult to manage, but I've got a couple students who won't stay on task unless I'm watching over them directly. Another student works really well by himself if I leave him alone, but he has a fancy pair of Beats by Dre headphones, and blasts them into his ears at max volume. Sometimes he will burst briefly into song for a few seconds. It's actually pretty funny, and since he's working so well I ignore it.
For those of you keeping track, I did not get that job I mentioned a while back. In fact, I've only had three interviews all summer. Despite numerous sent applications.
This past Monday I interviewed for a parapro position at a local alternative ed school. The job sounded awesome, and the interview went really well, except that it ended with them telling me that I was overqualified. They also said that it paid a good deal less than I would make subbing five days a week.
On Tuesday I interviewed with a local company that provides security to the University's home football games. After explaining how my experience wrangling teenagers is actually quite similar to crowd control, the interviewer told me that she thought I "would be a very good fit for the student section." This job is, for now, only seven home games, but it is in the evenings and weekends, so it should be interesting.
Maybe I'll keep you posted.
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