OK. Teach for America? Rejected. Not like I didn't see that coming.

(I won't lie. It still stings a little.)

At least I didn't have to wait till 8 o'clock.

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It is 1:01pm as I begin writing this. I am waiting patiently for my rejection email from Teach for America. It will come today, but I just checked the website and it said results may not be posted (and therefore emails sent, I presume) until after 8pm.

Really? You're going to make me wait that long?

Yeah, I know I didn't get the job. I remember that day back in December. The legendary "TFA INTERVIEW DAY." I blew my chances. I think I'm actually well qualified to be a part of this program, but I know (yes I know) that I ruined any chance I had with that disastrous interview.

And yet...I wait by my computer for the email. Why? Is it because maybe, just maybe, it will say "Congratulations!" instead of what I know it will actually say? No. That can't be it. I think I just need closure. It's been months since I began the application process to TFA. It's time to accept that it's over, and I need someone besides the little elves in my head to tell me that for sure.

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Well, Teach for America isn't going to work out. I pretty much royally bombed the interview day. There's always grad school, I suppose...assuming I can get in.

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Nattily(.org), you are being ignored. I've been giving all my html love to the UBallet site, which is totally undeserving. Really, you are where my attention belongs. Also, octopus.

So it is safe to say I'm getting pretty into this whole ASL thing. I'll stop linking everything though, as I imagine that could get annoying. Sorry.

But really, go back and click on "octopus," it's well worth knowing.

Did you know Turkish phonology is terrible? I mean it's just miserable. Don't be Turkish, guys. Just say no. All this glides inserted to break up vowel clusters but then double vowels and even vowel clusters with different degrees of backness in them show up! Uncalled for, Turkish! I won't even start with k deletion.

And my Teach for America interview is Thursday. It's from 9am to 6pm. How is that reasonable? Still, it's my one shot for a job next year instead of grad school, so let's make it count. Again, I'd rather not hear anything negative about TFA until after the interview, thanks. Let's focus on all the great work they do and how IT'S A POTENTIAL JOB instead of the notion that it might eat up college graduates' souls. Oh man...I have to teach a five-minute lesson to the other applicants and the interviewers. It can be anything academic, at any grade level. It just has to have a goal you can reach by the end of the five minutes. Any ideas? Originality would help...alas I have none.

Turkish...you still misbehaving? Yes, of course. Long vowels popping up unexpectedly? You guys were not invited to the dative case party!

And finally...where I need to be right now.

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I am in a good mood! Why? I applied for Teach for America last week and today I was supposed to hear whether or not I got a phone interview with them this weekend. Instead, they sent me an email saying I don't need to do the phone interview because they would like me to go straight to the final interviews. That's good, right? That can only be good.

Well, I guess if you are anti-TFA it's not good. But as I look for a way to get a job teaching without a major in education, it is good!

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I officially applied for Teach for America. Yeah, I sent in my application at 10pm on the due date, not at all like a prepared person, but I think it will be fine. I find out on November 4th whether or not I made it to the first round of interviews. Of course, if I do make it to the first round, that means a phone interview between November 6th and 9th. This is slightly problematic since I have a midterm the morning of the 6th, I fly to Florida that evening, I'm at a wedding on Saturday afternoon/evening, and I fly back home Sunday evening. There is plenty of time to do a phone interview in there, but I'm worried time slots will fill awkwardly, and I will be shit out of luck.

Then again, there is a damn good chance I won't be asked to do an interview.

Anyway, thinking about life after school is scary.

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