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deadline, he claimed it had arrived
late, and for that reason I hadn’t
received the teaching fellowship they
had promised. He said I could teach
three classes instead of the normal
one to increase my salary, but that
would still only bring my pay up to
half of what the others received on
their fellowships only teaching one
class.
I was able to do some
maintenance and ground work at our
apartment to pay part of the rent, but
we were still struggling to make ends
meet. I continually searched for extra
work on the job board at the
university, but what work I could find
only lasted a weekend or two. But
then came the day I saw Brenda’s ad.
Wanted: An experienced
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