Ho Hum

Another week is almost over, and so far I have secured ONE fecking interview in this crappiest of craptacular job markets. It could prove to be a good one though, considering it's in an affluent district with involved parents, etc, etc. Now before you get all Scheff v. O'Neill on me I ask you to consider the following facts:

1. I'm not Michelle Pfeiffer in Dangerous Minds, Edward James Olmos in Stand and Deliver, or even the inimitable Robin Williams in Dead Poets' Society. I truly lack the mental fortitude to force-feed kids the merits of literacy.
2. The predominate reason WHY I lack said mental fortitude is because I am more or less left to my own devices in classes that filled with English Language Learners (ELLs) and students with Special Education classifications. While mainstreaming in theory alleviates our collective sense of guilt it does little to address the very real modifications that these students need. Add an ineffective and caustic administrator into the mix and well, you have a scenario that will guarantee newbie teachers running, not walking to the nearest exit.

I would like to think that with a collaborative group of colleagues and an administrator who provides constructive criticism I could grow and hone my avocation. But first, I need to land an interview, impress the panel, beat out the wide-eyed ingenues.......