I read some quotes today that made me laugh. I thought I'd share them here:
If at first you don't succeed, don't worry because neither did the teacher in the next classroom. ~Anonymous~
Teaching for tests creates learnoids. ~Alan Scott Winston~
Example is always more efficacious than precept. ~Samuel Johnson~ (I don't know what this means yet, but when I look up efficacious and precept, I'll know! Heh.
I've been teaching quite regularly. It's been good. At first, I was driving down and back up every day. Every day. It quickly became clear that it was NOT going to work. I was absolutely exhausted by Thursday and Friday. So, the next week I went to Priceline.com and booked a room Monday through Friday at $25 a night. Not bad, I thought. When I did that, it was soooooooo much better! It was nice to not have to put over 200 miles on my car every day. That and the obvious exhaustion issue. *s*
I am weary of the constant going back and forth in my mind of what I think I should or want to be doing regarding my profession, my job. I really like this area, but I have found that even with working every single day, I am not able to afford living down here on my own. I look at ads where a roommate is wanted and I wonder if I just shouldn't do that. It would alleviate some of the costs. However, I am so used to living on my own, there's a part of me that really does NOT want to live under someone else's roof. I've been doing that, albeit my parents', but I've not been enjoying myself. I realize that there would be freedoms in having roommates rather than parents but still. I just don't know if that's what I want to do. What if we didn't get along? What if our personalities clashed? What if they didn't like me? What if I felt smothered? What if I felt like I had to spend lots of time with them. But... what if I did like them and they liked me and we did want to socialize? Would that be a bad thing? I am just used to being a homebody without having to explain why I am staying home or why I am not doing this or that or why I am doing this or that. Argh. Such conundrums!
I'm still waiting for my Wisconsin license to come through. I've not heard ANYthing, so I finally e-mailed them begging for information. Well, now I find out that I have something else to send in before it is renewed. Ummmm... when were they going to tell me this??? It's so frustrating. I've applied at the district in the town where my parents live. I was told, though, that I couldn't sub until my license was official? Huh? What? Any Joe Shmoe with a four-year degree could walk up off the street and sub, but because I am a teacher, I have to wait for an official teacher's license? That just doesn't make sense to me!!! It's almost as crazy as the whole can't-work-in-district A-because-I-have-a-Georgia-driver's-license thing. Bah! No wonder people leave this profession! It's not the teaching that runs us off. It's the red-tape stuff! Argh and Bah!
Anyway, I am taking advantage of the situation in which I find myself - substitute teaching. I am teaching at different schools at different grade levels - elementary, middle school, and tomorrow the high school! I am really getting a great opportunity to check out the different areas and finding that I am interested, very interested in teaching the middle grades. I really like it... a lot. I had thought of this three years ago when I was looking for positions in Georgia. The opportunity didn't present itself, but if it does this time, I'm going to pounce on it. Pounce, I tell ya!!! I'm trying to keep myself in a positive state of mind. This helps. Who knows where I'll eventually end up. I certainly don't!!!
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