I am not a teacher anymore. I am a full-time legal receptionist in a boutique law firm.
(Those of you who know me well know how pleased this makes me.)
Since the beginning of June, I’ve been taking an Intro to Paralegal course to investigate whether being a paralegal would be better than being a freshman composition teacher. Turns out it would.
Knowing how difficult it is to find a job, and desperate not to return to either of my two part-time teaching positions, I began haunting the Craigslist legal/paralegal section. A week from last Friday, I saw a listing that looked likely and sent in my resume.
On Monday, they called me. On Tuesday, I had my first interview in a Starbucks. On Wednesday, they called me back. On Thursday, I had my second interview in their law office.
And then came the long, terrible weekend in which I agonized over everything I’d said and how I’d said it. The phone never left my side. Ring, damn you, ring!
Turns out it did. Yesterday, Wednesday, they called me with the job offer. My first day of work is Thursday, July 5.
I’m not a teacher anymore! I’m going in to the legal field.
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