Teach for America interview yesterday. It lasted about a half hour, and I think it went okay. It's really hard to tell with phone interviews, because people don't give anything away with smiles and nods of encouragement. Though there were a couple of "Greats" as my interviewer typed. I have a feeling that the interview was entirely scripted -- or really well practiced. As I was halfway through the second day of interviews, I'm guessing that it was scripted.

She asked me about another project that I worked on for weeks and weeks and how I dealt with it. She asked me how I dealt with a difficult person. She asked me if I had ever missed any deadlines. She asked me how I keep track of things, because teachers have to keep track of things (On this point, I think I impressed her). She asked me if it was the parent's fault that kids didn't succeed, she asked me if I thought the parents didn't care if their kids didn't succeed, she asked me how I would get parents involved. She asked me what kind of things I would do to inspire my kids.

I'm nervous. I very much want to do this. I want to be in a classroom and inspire kids about government and history, while expanding their literacy. (I'm guessing that these are the subjects I am most qualified for.) I find out a week from today if I get the full-day interview.

The State of Michigan shut down last night for five hours, but apparently they finished an emergency budget this morning. They're taxing services, they've upped the income tax.

I finished my research proposal for my Senior Seminar class. The topic is The Satanic Verses controversy in the United Kingdom. I'm not entirely happy with the research proposal, but I find research proposals to be very weird things. I did a lot of research for it, but not quite enough -- I was having a very hard time finding anything in the Muslim voice. I think I've finally got a line on a couple of people to read/reference, but it's a matter of finding the material. And searching through British newspapers from August 1988 to about January 1990. The dates I'm not completely sure of, actually, but that's not a bad range.

I have to get moving on my two other papers, while at the same time continuing to work on my Senior Seminar paper. Draft is due the 22 for my Paul G. Hoffman paper, outline is due the 23 for my contemporary societal issue in Australia paper. I'm kinda tempted to take like, 8 hours and finish the Australia paper. It probably won't take longer than that.

I also have to finish my FE paper. I finally got a hold of Connie Hunt, and she gave me good direction on where to go to finish the research for it. I'll have to work on that too, I have to finish that before the end of the semester.