Today was my first day of work. It is a little over a mile away so I walk there. Apparently it takes just as long to take the subway because you have to switch trains. When it rains or snows I will however be taking the subway. I got to the school a little early and had a few little orientations. I watched 3 PowerPoint presentations. College, anyone? One of them was on our Apple MacBooks that we use. That was a fun box to walk home carrying through Harlem. I was also given a cell phone, with no instructions or directions about it. Because getting a laptop and a cell phone are normal for elementary schools? I sat around for a while because no one was really “in charge” of me to show me around or tell me what I should be doing. I also had nowhere to put my purse and the laptop box so I carried those around with me. That was fun. There are like 10 guys who work at my school and they are all around my age. I’ve never worked at or been to a school where there are that many guys who work there. Treat for me! So after work I walked home-as mentioned earlier with my laptop box. It’s also really hot here so I’m a sweaty mess whenever I arrive anyplace. Attractive, I know. Then we went to a community meeting about Columbia University trying to claim “eminent domain” on a whole bunch of land around where we live. They claim it will better the human population. Columbia University is a private institute so they have no legal rights to do so. Then again when you charge students close to $50,000 a year for tuition I guess you can do almost anything you want. There were a lot of people there and we heard people from the community talking about how their expansion will help no one but themselves. You could tell who was from Columbia at the meeting because they were all wearing suits and ties. A Columbia student also spoke urging Columbia not to proceed with their plans. Ballsy, too bad they will probably kick him out. Then again, they are greedy so they’ll keep him for his tuition money.
ALSO I passed the RICA! I am officially a California teacher!
2 comments:
I feel like im in NY too, following u around. Gratz on your RICA achievement! =)
Congrats on the RICA, Aliss! I KNEW you would do it! I'm loving reading your ridiculous NY stories... and GUYS at your school? I seriously SHOULD apply to work there... =)
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