Thursday, June 28, 2007
Job interview
So for the last couple of weeks I have been looking for a part time job. I just want something a few hours a week that I can go to once Devon gets home. We really want to start to save for a house, and I really want to get out of the house for a few hours. So finally after looking at a million jobs that wouldn't work I finally put in an application, and got an interview to be a tutor for StudySmart. It's a one on one tutoring where we go to their homes and tutor them so my schedule would be whatever me and the student decided on. Wonderful, right? Well that's what I thought, until I got to the interview today (which was over an hour away through the middle of LA - not fun- and had to leave Austin with a sitter) and not only did I have to teach a 3-5 min. lesson, but then when I thought the interview (which I thought went fairly well) was coming to an end, she handed me this 2 page Algebra 2 test! She told me to go over to the corner and fill out as much of it as I could!!! Okay so I loved Algebra 2, and I have tutored it before, but it's been like 5 years. I just sat there and looked at the log rhythms like they were a foreign language - because pretty much they were. It had factoring and graphing and f(x) and all this stuff. My mind was SWIMMING! I did the best I could without a calculator, without review, or anything but it wasn't that great. So, as much as this jobs sounds like it would be great, if that test has much to do with it then I am not holding my breath. It just kind of made me frustrated. They could have told us that we might be asked some questions so that we would review. I mean really, it's not like I am going to walk into a students home, knowing that they are studying algebra, knowing that it's been a while for me, and not put myself through a refresher course first. Oh well, it's over now and I'll just have to wait and see.
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2 comments:
Oh my goodness, that stuff is hard to keep in your brain. Especially after being pregnant. But, it is like riding a bike, and I'm sure you'd have no trouble after, like you said, a refresher course.
I can't believe you didn't tell me you were looking for a job! (LOVED the picture the sitter painted!) I wish I could help in some way, but I can't. :( Love you. See you soon!
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