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Thanks for your comment. I kind of mentioned it before, but I'm not some silver spooned trustafarian with nothing better to do. I'm a blue collar guy that's wor
by cgshaw 16y ago
Thanks for your comment. I kind of mentioned it before, but I'm not some silver spooned trustafarian with nothing better to do. I'm a blue collar guy that's worked since I was 13. Retail, food service, whatever to get by. My first "real" job was teaching and coaching debate at a top 30 liberal arts school at 22 without a masters or phd, which were job "requirements." I called the dean of students, who was hiring for this specific job, and basically said "you're crazy if you don't consider me." In retrospect probably seemed insane, lol.
I applied on a Tuesday, called his office half a dozen times on Wednesday, flew out Sunday, was offered the job Monday and packed all of shit and drove nearly a 1,000 miles to a place I'd never been just a few days before.
He gave me a shot and I coached a team to final four and it was the school's second best finish in its debate teams 110+ history of debating. Some of my students were essentially my age.
My students were really bright, but I'd like to think I had something to do with it too, :-).