[Perform-Talk] Asking for your thoughts concerning a Recent Situation.

[Shelly Kane]

Annie:


I'm so sorry that you are having to deal with this.  To be honest, yes, 
this does sound very suspicious to me.  First of all, if she had any 
concerns that you were blind and how you would do this job, she should 
have talked with you in depth about it so you could explain how you 
would do the job efficiently.  Did you have this discussion with her?  
Secondly, I don't think a music teacher is going to quit without school 
starting.  The only reason that could have happened is maybe a family 
issue.   People shouldn't tell us we have the job if they aren't serious 
about it.  If she doesn't want you to teach there, she needs to be 
honest and not get your hopes up.  I have been on countless interviews 
where this has happened to me in other positions.  It gets your hopes up 
and then it's a huge disappointment.  Sometimes I think being honest is 
the best policy.  Yes, it hurts but at least you aren't being told 
different excuses.  I hope and pray that you do get to go in next week 
and get a chance to do this job.  I was in a similar situation.  We have 
2 dance studios for students with disabilities and I reached out asking 
if they need volunteers.  The one told me now right away because they 
aren't doing it because of Covid.  The other one said they would love to 
have me come in and when I asked them to let me know what dates they 
were having the open house and I told them I was blind out of courtesy, 
they never got back to me.  Please keep us posted on how you make out.  
Prayers sent.

Shelly

On 8/31/2021 4:07 PM, Annie Davis via Perform-Talk wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I hope you’re all doing well.
>
> I know some of you are aware that I am to start a voice teaching job at a Catholic School in the fall, but there has been some uncertainty surrounding that.  Although the principal has been friendly and civil to me, she has also in my view, dropped some hints that it might not work out: Either because they only have money to pay a teacher to come one day a week, they want to gauge the interest of students, and last year, the music teacher left because the kids were making fun of her accent.  (Well,to that, I say shame on the school for not training the students in diversity and respecting people of differences.)
>
> Well, the latest is, I followed up with the principal yet again because next Tuesday is my day to come in and observe, except for one problem…
>
> She said that the music teacher “quit the day before school started, so there are no music classes to observe.”  I have it in writing😉.
>
> Does anyone else feel suspicious about that statement?  I mean, how could a teacher quit before school even starts?  It’s just not adding up in mind!
>
> While that may be true, and some other opportunity may have come along for said perspective music teacher, given the communication we’ve had, it just seems awfully convenient and that there’s a subtext underneath that response.
>
> We’re supposed to have a follow-up conversation tomorrow afternoon, and you bet I’m going to follow up!  So my conflict is: While I do not want to burn a bridge and cry fowl for no reason, I don’t want to let her down easy.  I have asked, time and time again,
>
> “Are you sure you do not have any concerns as to how I, as a blind person will be an effective teacher” and she has not indicated that she has other than what I’ve just said.
>
> Or am I just knocking on a locked door at this point?
>
> Your prayers would be appreciated as well. ❤
>
> Annie
>
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