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24 February, 2006 - 11:44 p.m.
from feb 22

so i had an impromptu interview today at a junior college. they called last night when i was at best buy and asked if i could come in today and talk to them. so. ok. i did.

the guy was an ass. he made snide comments about the students' backgrounds as single mothers or military wives or guys with 4 kids from different mothers.... "people with different moral backgrounds than you and i", he said. i wanted to jump across the desk and slap him. just because i walked in wearing a suit doesn't mean i had a privileged childhood or that i have nothing in common with those people. i found his attitude to be very condescending toward me, too. "let me guess, you got into this field because you want to *quote fingers* help someone?" and i said, "no. i got into this field because of a natural scientific curiosity about the way that people work." (him? shut down. lol.)

there's no need for me to learn that it took him nine years to get a four year degree. or that he was in a fraternity. or that he spent most of his time goofing off and being irresponsible. why should i know that? why is a "brief chat" (which is what i was called in for) taking an hour and 15 minutes? is it because he spent most of the time talking about himself? yes. yes it is.

i had more than one question to ask him, but when he asked if i had any questions, i asked the first one and he spent another 20 minutes talking about himself.

if he teaches anything like he interviews, i can see how not-coming-to-class that i'd be if i was one of his students. self-important pretentious ass.

oh. and they want to give me $1000 per class. for 14 weeks. you do the math for three classes and tell me if you can live on that, as an adult with bills and rent and a fastly declining credit score. after all his babble about self-talk and the importance of his teachers remaining positive (i know. he gave ME the lecture without even getting to know me.), it was his overwhelming negativity that made me decide to just leave. and i did.

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