Monthly Archives: June 2009
School’s Out…Again
A very happy I stayed up very late Thursday night to type up final comments for students’ portfolios and drove everything out to campus on Friday. Completely exhausted but also giddy and relieved–felt just like a student after turning in … Continue reading
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Opportunity?
Incredibly, I received a call from a college today where I dropped off an application several weeks ago (see blog post “Roadtrip”)–they wanted to know if I was still interested in interviewing for the instructor position. I said yes because … Continue reading
Rejection Collection
Yesterday was a blistering hot day (the thermometer cracked the 100 degree mark–38 Celsius–for the first time this year). The weather, of course, is hardly relevant to the letter I received in the mail from one of the private universities. … Continue reading
Elevating News and More Couture Cupcakes
Monday and then again today I received good news. I consider myself particularly lucky as the state of the economy has recently generated a new acronym: ITE, short for “in this economy.” This phrase probably deserves its own acronym because … Continue reading
Disconcerting Holdup of an Application
Since it’s been three and a half weeks since the submission deadline for resumes at one of my favorite community colleges, I gave their HR department a call today to find out at what stage the application process currently was. After exchanging pleasantries, … Continue reading
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
The last two evenings have been nightmarish grading sessions, interspersed only by the beeping of a digital watch somewhere that seemed to mock the pace at which I was progressing, so after returning the essays to my class today, I am looking … Continue reading
High Five
It’s after midnight, and I’ve spent the past hours grading essays and completing yet another application. This one, too, is for an opening as English instructor, bringing that count up to three. That makes five applications for jobs in higher … Continue reading
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Nothing New on the Job Search Front
I feel like I’m woefully behind on everything–except for returning a stack of drafts to my students that I commented on over the weekend. Tomorrow, I’ll collect revisions (at least I hope they’ll be revised) of those drafts and have … Continue reading
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Fun at Work (No, Really) and a Courteous Letter
Summer courses are fast paced. I knew that as a student, and now I’m experiencing it first hand as an instructor. At the end of a fairly long week of commenting on drafts, meeting with students, and grading essays, I realized that … Continue reading
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The Long Wait Begins
As the end of my higher-ed application binge is in sight (four down, one to go!), I’m beginning to settle into an uneasy respite. On the one hand, I feel that I have done my part and applied for everything … Continue reading
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