My back-to-back mishaps (part 1)...
How do I start with this?
Last tuesday, I was about to submit my cv to a company in Quezon City when our phone suddenly rang. To my dismay, the call was for me. A woman from this catholic college in Pasig City informed me to report to her urgent(as in that moment) for they were actually considering my application for a teaching position, not as a college professor (which I actually applied for) but as a high school teacher for the arts. Well, since I have this interest in teaching, I considered their "offer". The school is just a few minutes away from us and it was also along my way to Quezon City, so I didn't hesitate to drop by. In the school, she told me that I needed to perform a teaching demo on thursday. So, I only had one whole day to prepare for it (lesson plan, visual aids and all the spiels --- kamusta naman?). It was really a huge challenge for me, considering I haven't done any lesson plans before and haven't taken any teaching units even. After the briefing, I proceeded to my real destination that day and went to a certain company in Quezon City. Next day, I had to go to the University to get my yearbook before I officially began my preparation for the teaching demo. I got home relatively late (6pm)... I bought cartolinas, pentel pens and other stuff first and continued doing my lesson plan, and finished it before 10pm. I was going to a nearby computer shop to print colored images as visual aids and I hadn't taken my merienda and dinner yet. Nonetheless, I pushed on. I ate my dinner at about 10:30pm and afterwards continued to what I was doing (the visual aids and the spiels.) 12... 1...2...3...4am... It was already 4am when I started to feel really sleepy, so I began to sleep. After an hour, I got up to continue. I haven't really finished all the things that I had to do and I only got 7 hours to work with. There were still too much to work with. By 10am, I was near to finish, and just needed to do some polishing. Well, it should be... I wasn't able to get some sleep for that.
And then, there came the most alarming revelation, our phone suddenly rang. (What is it about phone calls these days????) It was, of course, for me again. It was from the same voice who called me two days ago. That time, it seemed she was holding back. Well of course, why wouldn't she, she was going to inform me about canceling the teaching demo for they'd decided, after a board meeting, that there was no need for an additional teacher for they can just re-organize the schedule of the classes to maximize the limitation of their teachers... blah... blah... And to make the very long story short... I was denied even before I get the chance to prove myself to them... So, all the visual aids, spiels and the lesson plan, and my effort (mind you, I only had an hour to rest in that 24-hour preparation), just went to waste... Anyway, at least it was not my fault. Lucky me... sorry for them... (or is it? nah...)
(to be continued...)
Last tuesday, I was about to submit my cv to a company in Quezon City when our phone suddenly rang. To my dismay, the call was for me. A woman from this catholic college in Pasig City informed me to report to her urgent(as in that moment) for they were actually considering my application for a teaching position, not as a college professor (which I actually applied for) but as a high school teacher for the arts. Well, since I have this interest in teaching, I considered their "offer". The school is just a few minutes away from us and it was also along my way to Quezon City, so I didn't hesitate to drop by. In the school, she told me that I needed to perform a teaching demo on thursday. So, I only had one whole day to prepare for it (lesson plan, visual aids and all the spiels --- kamusta naman?). It was really a huge challenge for me, considering I haven't done any lesson plans before and haven't taken any teaching units even. After the briefing, I proceeded to my real destination that day and went to a certain company in Quezon City. Next day, I had to go to the University to get my yearbook before I officially began my preparation for the teaching demo. I got home relatively late (6pm)... I bought cartolinas, pentel pens and other stuff first and continued doing my lesson plan, and finished it before 10pm. I was going to a nearby computer shop to print colored images as visual aids and I hadn't taken my merienda and dinner yet. Nonetheless, I pushed on. I ate my dinner at about 10:30pm and afterwards continued to what I was doing (the visual aids and the spiels.) 12... 1...2...3...4am... It was already 4am when I started to feel really sleepy, so I began to sleep. After an hour, I got up to continue. I haven't really finished all the things that I had to do and I only got 7 hours to work with. There were still too much to work with. By 10am, I was near to finish, and just needed to do some polishing. Well, it should be... I wasn't able to get some sleep for that.
And then, there came the most alarming revelation, our phone suddenly rang. (What is it about phone calls these days????) It was, of course, for me again. It was from the same voice who called me two days ago. That time, it seemed she was holding back. Well of course, why wouldn't she, she was going to inform me about canceling the teaching demo for they'd decided, after a board meeting, that there was no need for an additional teacher for they can just re-organize the schedule of the classes to maximize the limitation of their teachers... blah... blah... And to make the very long story short... I was denied even before I get the chance to prove myself to them... So, all the visual aids, spiels and the lesson plan, and my effort (mind you, I only had an hour to rest in that 24-hour preparation), just went to waste... Anyway, at least it was not my fault. Lucky me... sorry for them... (or is it? nah...)
(to be continued...)
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