Last Monday I went to the student center at USU to look at the job board, which I do
occasionally. I have by far the most difficult schedule to work around which makes me largely unappealing to employers. I'm very aware of this, and so I usually don't expect to find a job that would be applicable to me. Very few times I have found a few, and by the time I call they have usually found somebody else, or it just falls through for one reason or another. Well, last Monday I found a listing for a tutor of a young elementary aged student. I was excited about this because FINALLY there was something that just may work around my schedule. So, I called. Sunday afternoon I had an interview. The mother told me more about this boy; he was going into 5th grade (my specialty, seriously! I love this age and have done most of my practicums at this level). He had some physical impairments which forced him to be in a power wheelchair. He also has some speech problems, but with time you can learn to understand him. Because of the physical impairments he has missed a lot of school, which put him at a second grade reading level and behind in math as well. He spent only about an hour a day in the general education classroom, the rest in resource. The job would pay well, compensate me for my travel, work around my schedule, and would only last throughout the summer. The best part about it is that I would be able to use seriously everything I had just learned in my special education classes....the CBA's the direct instruction the manipulatives....EVERTHING. Well, the mom called me on Sunday night and told me that her and her husband decided to pick me (over a girl who was already a teacher) mainly because of my special education background. I was stoked!! Yesterday I went to the education library and checked out tons of materials to use. Then I went to talk to my old professor to ask him for some advice. I spent a lot of time just coming up with the first day's lesson (which would have been tonight).Well, when I got back I had a message on my phone. My phone didn't even ring, just went straight to voicemail! It was the lady calling to inform me that because I couldn't tutor until after 2:30, they'd changed their mind and hired someone else who would be able to teach in the mornings. Sweet. I guess I'll go return all that stuff I checked out from the library.
