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Andrea Elizabeth said:Congratulations Matrona and Choirfriend. Yall are so smart! I wish you abundant success.
choirfiend said:OK yall,
I GOT A JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's not a "normal" job, but let me tell you about it
It's in my hometown. There was an ad in the newspaper on Wed, I called, sent a resume, and then interviewed today. At the end of the interview, the director up and offered me the job!!! I am the new general music teacher for a local charter school. A charter school is kinda a cross between a private school and a public school, because it is publically funded (no tuition fees) but it creates its own alternative curriculum. It IS a real teaching job, k-5, but they're a small school (120 kids) so I will only be working part time, as there are only 7 classes of kids to teach a week. I don't get any benefits, but the hourly wage I'll be making is close to what a FT salaried teacher would make per hour. It's an internationally, multiculturally focused school, with a mixture of kids whose first language is English and kids whose first language is Russian, Chinese, Korean, Turkish, Spanish, etc. So all kids learn English, as well as take classes in Chinese and Spanish. They try to teach a broad world-view and technology as other bases of curriculum.
I'm going to also be working part-time in my local starbucks, making poopy pay, but hopefully getting benefits after being there for 3 months.
So, I can live at home and have very limited expenses (which will go with my very limited pay!) but really get a first-year teaching experience under my belt and have an unusual classroom environment!
Yay!
Thanks to God, who provides at the most unusual times.
Matrona said:Hehe, thanks! I just hope nobody mentions neoliberalism for about a month or so--I wrote a page and a half in a blue book on that alone, and if I have to think about it again I think my brain will explode.
DonVA said:Thanks, Aria! I enjoy some of the discussions in Outreach, and am glad you're there for reference! I've also enjoyed getting to know guys like Vince, who remind me sometimes of myself a few years ago.
...and I appreciate your efforts to get me over the hump, and for encouraging me to get my little CF Character going! Thanks for all you do for me!
DonVA said:Congrats Choirfiend and Matrona!
Andrea: I'm usually good for at least ONE laugh a day!
Thank YouAndrea Elizabeth said:And GtB, I love the candles in front of the Theotokos and Christ! Glorious.
The current priest at the church I grew up in (Father Joe) keeps telling me about the nice Lebanese women who he could arrange for me to marry and bring to America... He's been wanting me to take a trip with him to the old country sometime so I can see what he's talking about. (I'm guessing that's on hold for an even longer while than it was before!).Aria said:Woo!
Mysterious character.
Wish you were in Los Angeles. There is an Orthodox Christian lady who is 29 and from Russia.
DonVA said:The current priest at the church I grew up in (Father Joe) keeps telling me about the nice Lebanese women who he could arrange for me to marry and bring to America... He's been wanting me to take a trip with him to the old country sometime so I can see what he's talking about. (I'm guessing that's on hold for an even longer while than it was before!).
Does she like Rooh Afza? Outside of my future wife being Orthodox, she will have to want to share this bottle of Rooh Afza with me.Aria said:Woo!
Mysterious character.
Wish you were in Los Angeles. There is an Orthodox Christian lady who is 29 and from Russia.
I am laughing SO hard! This filled my screen and I thought my computer was about to blow!Emmanuel-A said:Congrats to Matrona and Choirfiend !
Seen in an Irish newspaper - I have the quarter page in my hands - but I don't know which Newspaper it came from
Man drove without steering wheel
A Gentles man who admitted to driving for 8 months without a steering wheel was summoned before a recent sitting of Donegal district court.
Twenty eight year old painter and decorator , Edward McDermott , 28 Hyde Road , Gentles pleaded not guilty to the offense , which happened on the 6th of March 2006. Gd. Ultan Crosbie told the court that he was undertaking a routine checkpoint on the Killybegs to Donegal road when he noticed Mr McDermot's Renault Megane " had no steering wheel ". Asked why there was no steering wheel , McDermott responded that he "had taken it off in November [ 8 months ago ] to put on a soft furry grip and completely forgot to put it back on". McDermott assured Gda. Crossbie that this " did not impair the driving of the car as he could steer perfectly well using a combination of the handbrake , the clutch and a pair of shoelaces "
Judge O'Loughlin found the defendant not guilty and reprimanded Gda. Crosbie for wasting court time.
That's what I hear!Greg the byzantine said:Is Rooh Afza similar to Trintafillo? It's Thick and Red and You mix it with water and it tastes of Rose
Oh and AndreaElizabeth I found the other image
Greg the byzantine said:Oh and AndreaElizabeth I found the other image
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