Thinking aloud
I just got an e-mail from the department chairperson of this junior college--the same person who called me on Monday the 15th, close to 10PM (of all times), to ask me if I could teach at their college this fall. She said she didn't remember whether she had spoken to me about it, so she e-mailed me today to inform me that they had a recent opening for an adjunct faculty position this fall (this was after I turned her down when we talked the other night).I'm confused. I don't know if her offering me the job again (and her forgetfulness) happened for a reason. I don't know if I should accept her offer. If I weren't on a freakin' F-1 visa and if this country didn't have freakin' strict immigration policies, I would have accepted her offer in a heartbeat because I really want to get more teaching experience, and the more classes I can teach, the better. But with my visa status, I can only teach in my school. I'm really thankful that my department offered me a teaching position at the last minute. It's one class but it will do for now. And I've come to adjust to my job at the women's archives of my school and I'm actually enjoying what I do, despite the crappy, low-tech computers, the menial/physical work involved, and the pay cut. I'm lucky my supervisor allowed me to keep my job even if I have to cut my hours this fall in order to teach (because I can only work 20 hours during the regular school year, per INS regulations). I don't know if there's a way for me to accept the teaching position off-campus but if I do that, I might have to give up working for the archives.
Maybe I'll e-mail the International Students' Office to ask them what they think.
found herself @ 12:08 PM
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