Friday, June 1, 2007

Palisade High, Grand Junction (Palisade) CO


So I had my interview down in Grand Junction, CO. It was a very long day. It started off with me waking up at 4am so I would make it down to Palisade High at noon. I figured I needed to leave by about 5:30 in order to be safely there on time. The time didn't go by fast and it didn't help that I'm not to smart,even though I just graduated, because I thought there was going to be a time change from SLC to GJ, but low and behold there wasn't; plus without any traffic it was easier to go a little faster than the speed limit. So needless to say I got there a little early. You can probably guess how early I got there, but for your sake and mine I will just tell you I had about 2.5 hours to spare. Yup, 2.5!!!! So as I approached the school to make sure that I knew where it was. The I decided that it would be fun to go on a little scenic drive to check it out, so I did! My first stop was at Safeway to use their facilities. Then for the next hour or so I was talking with Angie on the phone while she was at work and we tried to find different things in GJ together. I would drive around and ask for certain things, like where the church was or where Walmart was and she would also tell me some things that she was finding on line, like how many wards were in GJ (12). We also teamed up to find out about some apartments there, just in case we move there. When I would find one I would tell her the name and she would look it up online from her computer and then give me the scoop on it. We didn't really find to much doing this, but it was fun anyway. After a while I was tired of driving so I decided to take a much needed break at "Barnes and Nobles". So I took my computer in and tried to connect to the Internet there, but of course you have to pay if you want Internet access. So instead I just relaxed until it was time to head over to the school for the interview.
I didn't really know how far away the school was but I figured 30 minutes from the "Barnes and Nobles" would be fine. I had also forgotten that I needed to get gas, or I probably wouldn't even make it to the school. So I hurried and found a gas station and pumped me some gas before heading out to find the school again. Luckily I didn't hit any red lights (I only had about 5 lights to go through) on my way to the school and I got there with 3 minutes to spare before my interview. I quickly put on my tie and suit jacket and headed through the front doors and into the office. There I found some people laughing and having a good time, plus to my surprise there were two dogs there in the office just hanging out. I found out earlier that their school year ended May 24th, so there were no more kids in school. The office staff told the assistant principle that I was there and I only had to wait a few more minutes before he waved me into the conference room where I had the interview. For the interview 2 assistant principles, the athletic director, and a Spanish teacher were present. They started off mentioning that the whole interview would be very informal because they wanted me to feel comfortable with the situation. Starting off I was asked to talk about myself because all they knew about me was what was on my resume, a one page description of my work experience. We talked about me for a while and then they went into some prepared questions. The interview went on for about 45 minutes while they asked questions and I asked questions. At the end of the interview the assistant principle, who had called me on the phone to schedule the interview, told me that because the position was still open he could not officially offer me the job, but stated that I would "probably be getting a call" from them. After the interview he took me around the school and showed me where everything was. The picture on the right shows where the the French room is, it's on the other side of this detached building addition tot he right. So let's all pray and cross our fingers that the decide to officially offer us the position. Bulldogs

1 comment:

Wallace said...

Yeay!!! I'm so happy for your "unofficial" job offer that you found out about yesterday 2 times from people that know more that you do!!!!

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