N118NW - I am truly sorry to hear the news. I had a somewhat similar situation. I worked as a part-time CFI at my university for 1.5 years and applied for a full-time position after graduation. I never heard back from anyone about my full-time application, so I just assumed that I didn't get the job (there was only one opening). When emailing my boss, I said I looked forward to seeing them at the next semester's CFI meeting, and they said that I did not get the full-time position (which I assumed) and that since I didn't apply for a part-time position, there was no reason for me to turn up the next semester. I replied back saying I assumed that applying for a full-time position and not getting it would just mean that I would retain my part-time position. Apparently not. I had to email my boss almost a month after the fall semester ended to find out that I had been let go. They didn't even tell me - I HAD TO EMAIL THEM! I felt like Milton from Office Space. After coaching the flight team for 2 years (all of which was volunteer time), leading them to and winning competitions, volunteering for freshmen orientations, volunteering for Oral Review Nights for students, volunteering to fly children and give them lessons for their summer aerospace camps, giving tower and simulator room tours, and all the numerous other things I did, that's how I was let go. It felt like such a betrayal. I didn't even know they had a problem with me. I had a 100% first-time pass rate.

As someone else said, you cannot rely on others. So many times, people will let you down and turn their backs on you. That's just life I guess.