After maybe five e-mails from this guy, I tried to be as dismissive but not-burning-bridges as possible. I told him, everytime, that I didn't want to meet. "Well do you have any free moment between 8 am and 9 pm? Anytime at all?" Well, yes, I DO, but I do not want to. I'm not busy. I just don't want to meet. And I said that. Many times.

The kicker of the whole thing is that now I'M the asshole, because I don't want to Teach For America.
Apparently I am against "One day, all children in this nation [having] the opportunity to attain an excellent education."

-

Again, again, I thank you for your consideration and am honored that you are so
dedicated to getting me into this program. I respect that you have a lot of people
to meet with and I don't want to waste your time - which is why I have responded
several times that Teach For America is not in my plans.

I. do. not. want. to. do. it.

So I do. not. want. to. meet. with. Wordna.

I appreciate all that you do, and I don't want to waste your time anymore.
Again - again! - if my stance changes I will contact you for more information.

Taylor

> Hi Taylor,
>
> I'm not sure if you received my last e-mail (I've attached it below), so I
> wanted to check back in with you. I realize how busy you must be right
> now, but I'm hoping you have a few minutes to meet with Wordna Warren, who
> is available on Thursday, 9/25. What times work best for you?
>
> Talk to you soon,
>
> William
>
>
> William Frampton Recruitment Associate Teach For America
> *Pittsburgh/Philadelphia Recruitment 315 W. 36th St., 6th Floor NY, NY
> 10018 (Tel) 212-279-2080 ext. 497 (Fax) 212-279-2081
>
> "One day, all children in this nation will have the opportunity to attain
> an excellent education."
>
> First Deadline: September 19, 2008 | Apply here
> |
> www.teachforamerica.org
>
> Dear Taylor,
>
> I hope that this email finds you well, and enjoying the start to your
> senior year.
>
> As a Resident Assistant, you have distinguished yourself as a leader at
> Carnegie Mellon University. I am looking to connect with motivated
> individuals like yourself, because I know that you would be a strong
> candidate for Teach For America, a non-profit organization that recruits
> our nation's most outstanding recent college graduates and working
> professionals to commit 2 years to being leaders in classrooms across the
> nation
>
> Wordna Warren, a 2005 Houston corps member and the Teach For America
> recruitment director for Carnegie Mellon, will be on campus next Thursday
> and would like to meet with you briefly to discuss your academic and
> extracurricular experience at CMU, as well as your future plans. Are you
> free to meet any time from 9AM to 6PM on Thursday, 9/25, at Skibo in the
> University Center?
>
> Please let me know what works with your schedule. I look forward to
> hearing from you.
>
> Best,
>
> William
>
> P.S. I would encourage you to check out our graduate school as well as
> our corporate partnerships at
>
> http://www.teachforamerica.org/alumni/grad_school_partnerships.htm
> https://www.teachforamerica.org/alumni/employer_partnerships.htm




I guess I finally - finally! got the point across, because I haven't heard back.