By an incredible stroke of luck, I landed a summer school job: teaching engineering!
With schools facing exsanguinating budget cuts there seemed little hope of finding summer work in the field of education. Just as I was beginning to practice saying "Would you like fries with that?" I received an email announcing a job opportunity to teach at Upward Bound's summer program at a local university. Upward Bound is a highly regarded college prep program for disadvantaged youth. The job application required a video sampling of my teaching. It was totally frightening to see myself in DVD format, but at least I sounded professional. I got called in for an interview, but it seemed they really wanted a science teacher.
The theme for the summer was intriguing: Imagine Life on Mars. I knew it would be a cool job and I really wanted it! But I had given up hope after not hearing back from my interviewer after two weeks went by and I applied for a job as a national board assessor. Then I finally got a call back with an offer of a job! I was thrilled to accept it. The very next day national board called to sign me up but I had to turn them down. Maybe I should have applied for an admin job while my luck was amok!
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