#51
Posted: 7/14/06 at 1:20am
hehe no shortage in couch offers... i love you undi :-P
::bust a move::
HUUUUGE CONGRATS TO ZEPPIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! — Page 3
#52
Posted: 7/14/06 at 9:31am
First of all, Congratulations! Isn't it a wonderful feeling to finally know you'll have your own classroom and not have to wait for a phone call at 5AM each morning to see whether or not you're working that day or to know that you'll only be in one place for a month or two?
Secondly, I was reading your post, thinking to myself, "Wow, I can't believe NYC public schools make you jump through so many hoops to get a job. I thought they were practially begging for people to teach there?" Then I saw it's a charter school. That sounds great. What is their "theme'? Is it a science charter or a performing arts charter or a technology charter?
Secondly, I was reading your post, thinking to myself, "Wow, I can't believe NYC public schools make you jump through so many hoops to get a job. I thought they were practially begging for people to teach there?" Then I saw it's a charter school. That sounds great. What is their "theme'? Is it a science charter or a performing arts charter or a technology charter?
#53
Posted: 7/14/06 at 9:33am
Congrats and grins for Zeppy!
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#54
Posted: 7/14/06 at 9:36am
Zepka.
I am so jealous!
Be sure to have a big helping of Bison Brand French Onion Dip before you leave!
I am so jealous!
Be sure to have a big helping of Bison Brand French Onion Dip before you leave!
Where are we going, and why am I in this handbasket?
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#55
Posted: 7/14/06 at 9:40am
it's an arts and sciences school
and yea, HUGE relief that i'll actually know where i'll be everyday!
when i had the interview at the dept of ed, it was difficult. i took time off teaching (i had a long term placement at this point) to go down to the city... the interview was 45 min and he didn't make me feel adequate at all. he pretty much told me "thanks for coming, now go talk to principals and find a job for yourself... there are career fairs next week on the boroughs, go to those." too bad i travelled across the state... you'd think they'd take that into account. OBVIOUSLY NOT! so that's why i'm REALLY happy to be where i am, where teachers and administrators care for the students as well as those coming in to teach
!
beacon, i think i'm gonna need bison dip shipped in in mass quantities...
and yea, HUGE relief that i'll actually know where i'll be everyday!
when i had the interview at the dept of ed, it was difficult. i took time off teaching (i had a long term placement at this point) to go down to the city... the interview was 45 min and he didn't make me feel adequate at all. he pretty much told me "thanks for coming, now go talk to principals and find a job for yourself... there are career fairs next week on the boroughs, go to those." too bad i travelled across the state... you'd think they'd take that into account. OBVIOUSLY NOT! so that's why i'm REALLY happy to be where i am, where teachers and administrators care for the students as well as those coming in to teach
! beacon, i think i'm gonna need bison dip shipped in in mass quantities...
::bust a move::
#56
Posted: 7/14/06 at 9:48am
Congrats!
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#57
Posted: 7/14/06 at 10:08am
"when i had the interview at the dept of ed, it was difficult. i took time off teaching (i had a long term placement at this point) to go down to the city... the interview was 45 min and he didn't make me feel adequate at all. he pretty much told me "thanks for coming, now go talk to principals and find a job for yourself... there are career fairs next week on the boroughs, go to those." too bad i travelled across the state... you'd think they'd take that into account."
Unfortunately, this is completely typical. I can't tell you how many times I rearranged my life to go to a teaching interview that went nowhere. For example, the one in the district I student taught in in Upstate NY that called and wanted me to come for an interview, THAT AFTERNOON! And didn't really care that I was 3 1/2 hours away!
In a way, getting a teaching job is like getting an acting job. They basically say, here are the days we are interviewing, and if you can't make it, too bad, there are 50 more people waiting to take your place. Never mind if you're trying to work some sort of other temporary job to actually pay the bills.....be there on Thursday or you lose your opportunity.
Unfortunately, this is completely typical. I can't tell you how many times I rearranged my life to go to a teaching interview that went nowhere. For example, the one in the district I student taught in in Upstate NY that called and wanted me to come for an interview, THAT AFTERNOON! And didn't really care that I was 3 1/2 hours away!
In a way, getting a teaching job is like getting an acting job. They basically say, here are the days we are interviewing, and if you can't make it, too bad, there are 50 more people waiting to take your place. Never mind if you're trying to work some sort of other temporary job to actually pay the bills.....be there on Thursday or you lose your opportunity.
#58
Posted: 7/14/06 at 9:36pm
Before you know it Zeppie, you won't even remembered that place in NY you're from existed...you'll be referring to it as "upstate" in no time :-P
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#59
Posted: 7/14/06 at 11:34pm
Wonderful news!
#60
Posted: 7/15/06 at 12:22am
iiiiiiiii don't think so... i may be moving to the city, but i'm not going to allow myself to fall into the nyc bubble... buffalo will always be western ny 
::bust a move::
#61
Posted: 7/15/06 at 12:33am
Congrats Zepka! I'm a fellow western New Yorker with dreams of moving to the city. One more semester...
No day but today.
#62
Posted: 7/15/06 at 12:36am
Whatever you say.
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Cawfee tawk...
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#63
Posted: 7/15/06 at 7:29pm
Well, New York City will definetely be an even more prettier place now that zeppy is in town.
And if I had kids (and lived in NYC) I would be really happy if they had such a wonderful and great guy as their teacher !!!
And if I had kids (and lived in NYC) I would be really happy if they had such a wonderful and great guy as their teacher !!!
#64
Posted: 7/15/06 at 7:34pm
awwww thanks greek
these kids have no clue what's ahead for them
...of course i don't either...
these kids have no clue what's ahead for them
...of course i don't either...
::bust a move::
#65
Posted: 7/15/06 at 7:40pm
I recommend lots of dancing.
#66
Posted: 7/15/06 at 7:45pm
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#67
Posted: 7/15/06 at 10:34pm
Zep - I'm sure there will be no shortage of "couch" offers...
Or "bed" offers, from Bwaysinger.
Or "bed" offers, from Bwaysinger.
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#68
Posted: 7/15/06 at 10:58pm
Come on guys, let's get this back on topic.
How much do we love the Zep??
How much do we love the Zep??
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#69
Posted: 7/15/06 at 11:09pm
Congrats Zep!!!
Make us proud! Tell those 6th graders like it is!
Make us proud! Tell those 6th graders like it is!
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