When the Wife finished reading the job listing to me my first reaction, truthfully, was “Meh.”
The listing was for a “Math Enrichment” position at the school. The lucky individual would have the privilege of working with bright 4th and 6th grade students in math. I assume to give them more to think about where math is concerned. Other than that, there was not much else to go on. No mention of a curriculum or if the students just show up and ask questions. The mentioned that the position was for 6 hours a week, consisting of a couple hours per day. No mention of numbers of students. It seemed to imply that the position might also be asked to help others having math trouble.
So after thinking about it a bit, my thinking went from “Meh” to “What have I got to lose?” I’ve got an engineering background with a fair amount of math thrown in there. I’ve got a kid in the 4th grade, so I know I can do 4th grade math. I’m willing to bet I can manage 6th grade math as well since I vaguely recall that being a pre-algebra year back in my day. I’m assuming it will be less than that nowadays.
So I spent Sunday night cobbling together a teaching resume from a background in technology, volunteer work with Cub Scouts and with coaching Little League and finally my past couple of years of tutoring students in chemistry and physics. When life hands you lemons, make lemonade! Even if there’s not much sugar to work with.
I turned the letter in by hand on Monday and today I received confirmation that the envelope was at least opened in the form of an email stating the review process has begun and they’d be in touch, maybe.
Regardless of what happens, I doubt my SAHD status will be changing much.