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starting next week, I have to teach (pre-prac) one day per week at an area high school. since I need to keep my full-time (five days per week) job, I spent the past several months doing a whole lot of juggling and cajoling in order to get my boss to allow me to flex my schedule around the pre-prac. Thursdays at Brighton High seemed best, because BH is about 20 minutes' bike ride from BC (less on the T) so I could end my day at 1:40 and then head to BC to put in my hours. so I requested it. It's also five minutes from my house.
over the summer I kept calling and visiting to see if pre-prac placements had been assigned yet, and they kept saying No, but I was surely going to get the one I requested, so calm down.
two weeks ago they said they would be contacting us within two weeks with our final placements and I again asked and they said everything's fine, just wait two weeks before bothering us again.
today I got an e-mail placing me at a school in fucking SOUTH BOSTON, an hour and a half away by T and, as far as I can tell, generally unbikeable (especially with fall/winter approaching).
when I brought it to their attention, they were very friendly and helpful, but there wasn't much they could do. why not? because Brighton High's program started last week. why didn't anyone tell me that?! they're very sorry, they don't know why not.
sooo instead of having a five-minute commute in the morning, i'll now have an hour-and-a-half commute, and the 9am to 9pm day (9-midnight on days I work part-time, too) at my paying job will become a reality because I won't be able to make it back to BC in time to work a half-day, so i'll have to make the hours up on pretty much two other days.
what the fuck!
starting next week, I have to teach (pre-prac) one day per week at an area high school. since I need to keep my full-time (five days per week) job, I spent the past several months doing a whole lot of juggling and cajoling in order to get my boss to allow me to flex my schedule around the pre-prac. Thursdays at Brighton High seemed best, because BH is about 20 minutes' bike ride from BC (less on the T) so I could end my day at 1:40 and then head to BC to put in my hours. so I requested it. It's also five minutes from my house.
over the summer I kept calling and visiting to see if pre-prac placements had been assigned yet, and they kept saying No, but I was surely going to get the one I requested, so calm down.
two weeks ago they said they would be contacting us within two weeks with our final placements and I again asked and they said everything's fine, just wait two weeks before bothering us again.
today I got an e-mail placing me at a school in fucking SOUTH BOSTON, an hour and a half away by T and, as far as I can tell, generally unbikeable (especially with fall/winter approaching).
when I brought it to their attention, they were very friendly and helpful, but there wasn't much they could do. why not? because Brighton High's program started last week. why didn't anyone tell me that?! they're very sorry, they don't know why not.
sooo instead of having a five-minute commute in the morning, i'll now have an hour-and-a-half commute, and the 9am to 9pm day (9-midnight on days I work part-time, too) at my paying job will become a reality because I won't be able to make it back to BC in time to work a half-day, so i'll have to make the hours up on pretty much two other days.
what the fuck!
