Interviewing

Emily's Ethan at bat



Michael forwarded this from the Lean Plate Club in the Washington Post. A cool summer salad.
It took me two days but I made this great shrimp salad with corn, green and red bell peppers, red onion, ginger baby spinach, cilantro, lime juice, lemon grass ( I added that) a tad of sugar and water in the dressing and boy is it good with a dozen shrimp. I can still taste some. A lot of work for a little but there is nothing fresher even if I did leave out the jalapeno pepper.

I went in at 8 to interview candidates this morning. Either I missed the detail in the email that said it was at the district office as my principal said or I subliminally blocked it. I went to school. I asked, I emailed, I went to the h.s. to get a tape, the v.p. who is the s.s. principal said she thought it was at 11 so i went quickly to the grocery and returned and finally the secretary told me it was at the d.o. I felt so mad.
I raced over and walked in at 11 after all candidates were gone to hear the wrap up.

The top 2 were clerks at San Jose Public so I thought I'd call or swing by to at least meet them. I told this to my principal. He said o.k.

I got to work and called each. One was at work and after school I was going to meet him. Then I got there and he was gone. I called him and we spoke for a few minutes. Kyle had spoken to him and told him not to meet with me and called me and told me I should not call them that OR meet with them. He said it was extremely unprofessional.
In the interviews there was an administrator and an union rep and the library head.(not a librarian) I guess all communication needs to follow a prescribed set of questions and not deviate per candidate.

Then, he sent me an email which said I am not to contact the candidates.

At San Jose Public this was true and when I interviewed at Santa Clara Unified it was with the principal and library assistant alone.

I was very angry.

My blood pressure went up 100 points. I was all red and felt like I could have stroked out. 20 minutes later my face was still red.

Then I called my principal back and told him that I would not meet with the fellow but I did not consider calling them professional.

So what do you do? I spoke to a librarian friend of mine and told him to cancel my message I could not speak to the girl but earlier I had asked him what he thought of her. I also know a librarian that works with the guy.

I wont follow up with him. (I'd like to though.) Isn't that what we do?

I better go for a walk tonight. My neighbors daughter has a new dog so now even more that before she's up for it.

I want to go see Mama Mia tomorrow or go camping again in Big Sur now that the fire's out. It didn't jump Hy. 1 so I hope it's still green, peaceful and beautiful.
I need the tranquility and I have a lot of papers to grade, books to read, including mine.

Boy is Grapes of Wrath a hard trudge, no irony intended. I need Cliff Notes and Critical Interpretations. I'm a tad ahead of the kids and have to explain why it is one of the best novels ever written. I have to take notes.

I felt much better afterwards the last time even carrying my groceries home.

I took a soak in the whirlpool. That helped and I played a lot of bridge on line.