{"id":2591,"date":"2013-09-26T00:39:16","date_gmt":"2013-09-26T05:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/?p=2591"},"modified":"2013-09-26T00:39:16","modified_gmt":"2013-09-26T05:39:16","slug":"a-new-job-in-the-local-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2013\/09\/a-new-job-in-the-local-area\/","title":{"rendered":"A New Job! In the Local Area!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I learned this in middle school. Didn’t you?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

About two years ago I had written this soul-baring post about going back to school for a secondary math\/science teacher certification. I’ve done no such thing. But last week I was hired to become a math instructor!<\/p>\n

I had been in communication with the US Air Force Academy<\/a>\u00a0math department since about January.\u00a0I took a plunge and “auditioned” for an IMA position (individual reserve augmentee, the type of position I currently have in Nebraska).\u00a0I was given a Calculus 1 lesson to prepare and present to a panel of faculty members who pretended to be cadets of assorted skills. I had the underprepared cadet…and the over-prepared cadet who kept jumping ahead.<\/p>\n

After the audition lesson, I was tickled to learn that day that I was hired!<\/p>\n

Like my other reserve positions, this one is also part time. Unlike my other reserve positions, here I’m expected to pool together my duty days into one clump: summer session.\u00a0I will be expected to teach either Calculus 1, Calculus 2, or basic statistics.<\/p>\n

I’m thrilled to once again be working in the local area. That hasn’t happened since 2009. While the STRATCOM gig was fun and all, the travel resulted in 10-12 additional days away from my family, not to mention the added expense for airfare, lodging, gas, and rental cars.<\/p>\n

I have one more trip to Nebraska to sign out of my old unit in mid-October, then I get to figure out taking my next physical fitness test here, at 7200 feet!!!<\/p>\n

This week I’ll be getting back to writing about some of our adventures: the Colorado Springs Pioneer Museum<\/a>, and my 40th birthday weekend!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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