Getting a Job

The first week that we were here I had a prescription filled at the local CVS. The pharmacist took my information and commented that she lived up the street. She then invited us to her house for dinner that night to meet some neighbors. One of the neighbors is a chemical engineer turned math teacher at a public high school. I told her that I hadn't heard from Human Resources. She told me that this is the way of Alabama; you have to find a principal who will push your application through.

She called me a few days ago and told me that her school has a special ed position open. I dropped off my resume on Thursday. The principal told me that there is a list of excessed teachers who must be hired before any new teachers can be brought on. I figured that I'd take my time and keep looking. A few hours later he called me back. He told HR that he wants to hire me and not to place an excessed teacher at his school.

I will teach three blocks of special ed math each day and have one block for a planning period. Not bad. Now I just need to brush up on high school math.

This is how things work here. There are rules, but not really.

Now I have to go get fingerprints taken at the local police department and find a doctor to confirm that I don't have TB.

School starts on August 11 here. I wasn't expecting that. It also lets out well before Memorial Day and we get a few days for Mardi Gras.