I arrived in Zeballos with my entourage in tow. We drove
around the village for about 5 minutes and we had covered pretty much all of
it. My Nana always says, “Don’t blink or you’ll miss it” when talking about
Gold River, but really this was almost true for Zeballos.
I went into the interview very nervous because I was rusty
in talking about educational practices. The whole summer I had been doing other
things. There were four (!) people doing the interview, including representatives
from both First Nations communities. I have never been interviewed by so many
people at once. They went around the table asking questions and I felt like I
was doing a horrible job of answering because I have very little experience.*
We drove back to Gold River the long way (we missed our turn
onto the dirt road) and when I got home at 7pm that night I received a phone
call for a job offer for the year! I thought that I was interviewing for an
intermediate position but when I got the job offer they told me that I would be
working with multiple classes. My first ever real-deal teacher job! Go Me!
*After I got the job, my principal said that I had
interviewed exceptionally well! (Whhhaattt?! WooHoo!).
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