Well, after spending a summer desperately pleading for a job in Western Washington, I gave up on teaching. I know I'm not owed a job, but I do feel that after ten years of working with children, I should be eligible to get an entry level job doing something other than substitute teach for $15,000 a year with no benefits.
This past week, I took a job in tech support and data analysis for a school district. The job pays better than teaching, and it pays hourly- meaning my whole life won't be wasted away by meetings. Turns out, the vocational education I got in high school was worth more than the 6 years it took me to get a degree and a license. So my teaching career is over before it begins. I have no interest in begging someone for a job that hard. I have no interest in begging anyone for any job. I enjoyed the work, but I cannot tell you what a relief it is to know that I never have to endure that kind of abuse and stress again. I guess I was just a poor kid who went to school for the only thing I had any experience in.
I'll still be working a couple hours a day at a Boys and Girls Club teaching reading/writing/arithmetic because I enjoy it, and they have the decency to pay me a respectable wage.
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