Not really funny enough to go in humor, but it feels like my life's a joke sometimes..................
I'm just out of the army, with a couple of months worth of paid leave, and just starting to feel around for a job. So I kind of half-heartedly put in an application to the local school district to teach, and now I've got an interview for the high school choir spot. Now how the hell exactly did that happen? I could have done it today, but it happened so fast, I wanted an extra day to get myself together before going in.
It's not like I'm not at least technically qualified to teach, but I'm just starting a certification program, and the idea of just jumping right in and getting my feet wet with the most technically advanced (and oldest) kids 50 or 60 at a time makes me just a little bit nervous. I've got a good degree, from a decent school, but after 6 years in the army, it's got a little rust on it, you know? I was hoping maybe to teach wee little ones to recognize the brass section and keep a beat.
But you know what? I think I may take it if offered. If I'm not great to start, and I lack experience, I'm okay, and I'll only get better, and get more experience, right?
I mean, the worst that could happen is that I could hit it off wrong with the faculty and the parents, lose control of the students, make a fool of myself in front of hundreds of people, prove to the world that my conducting technique sucks, face false accusations of moral turptitude and a lawsuit, plus having one of the students drop a candle burning down the campus during the candlelight section of the Christmas performance. And that's not so bad, right?
Besides, if Myrrander can pull off teaching, how hard can it be? (I knew there was something that drove him to the ether bottle..........)