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4play See other 4play Articles Title: Crazy Child-Care Interviews Crazy Child-Care Interviews While working as the director of a child-care and preschool facility, I often interviewed many people for positions like preschool teacher or school-bus driver. Surprisingly, many of the applicants were rejected, because in a nutshell, there was no way that I was going to let them within ten feet of a kid, let alone trust them in a room alone with a while classroom full of them. These are some of the crazy things I have heard over the years from those that thought they would make perfect preschool teachers: Question: How long have you worked in the child development field? Answer: "Well, I was a kid for like 12 years or so but I grew up fast so maybe 10 years of experience being a child." Answer: "I was a teacher for about five years before I went to jail for killing my boyfriend, cause he slept with this girl, so now I am trying to get back into teaching." Question: Do you have a criminal record that may prevent you from working with kids? Answer: "I have a criminal record but there were not kids involved, so yeah, I can work with kids." Answer: "I was busted a while ago for DUI, but now I am real careful when I drive drunk." Answer: "What exactly do you mean by criminal?" Question: What makes you want to work with children (asked to a male teaching candidate)? Answer: "Well, honestly, I have heard that you can meet a lot of single moms in this profession." Question: You said that you were terminated from the last school you worked at, what was the reason? Answer: "Well, they said I hit this kid. But I didn't, I just pushed him a little, so they fired me." Answer: "There was this one kid that I hated and I kinda got pissed off and smacked him – but I am sure I will like all the kids here and that would never happen." Question: What qualities do you have that would make you work well with young children? Answer: "Well, I am really immature so I can relate to them and I also like to play with toys and video games. I think that they would like that." Question: Is there anything else you would like to tell me about yourself? Answer: "Well, I want to make at least $40,000 a year." (This person had no experience, had just graduated from high school and showed up in sweats and a t-shirt that said "Bite me.") Answer: "Yes, I wanted to know if you wanted to have dinner with me later and maybe a drink. I think you're really pretty." Answer: "Yes, I was wondering how long I have until I have to take a drug test. I am going to need a few days at least." Answer: "I was wondering what the policy was on drinking on your lunch break." (The person was interviewing to be a bus driver.) Answer: "Do I really have to teach them stuff or can I just babysit them?" Answer: "If you hire me today can you give me an advance on my first paycheck? I've got a lot of bills to pay." Needless to say once I got these answers, the interview was over. – By Richel Newborg
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#3. To: James Deffenbach (#0)
What's the problem?
#4. To: Turtle (#3)
Sounds like a man with a plan, no?
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