Mrs.Chili
September 18, 2006 at 4:19 pm
I think I get where the “YOUR job” comment came from: my training is in HS teaching and, to this point, I’ve looked for HS jobs. The fact that this is NOT a HS job doesn’t really stop me short, though; I see it as more of a broadening.
It’s funny, too; my husband, all through my graduate school and internship, really encouraged me to aim for college-level teaching – he even mentioned applying SPECIFICALLY to TCC – because he thinks my personality is better suited to teaching adults. (That, and he worries greatly about the politics and general bullshit that goes around in high schools – we know a lot of HS teachers who do endless griping about the political climate and he knows full well that I’ve NO patience for it and will likely get myself in trouble in short order if put in the wrong situation). He stopped short of encouraging me to go for my PhD, though, even though I have to admit to considering aiming for it sometime in the not-too-distant future. I think grad school is a lot like labor – it takes a while to get over the pain of it, but once you do, you’re willing to do it again. Selective anmnesia is a wonderful thing.
Anyway, the deal is that I broadened the cast of my net by applying to community colleges and, lo and behold!, I caught something. I’m looking at it as a fantastic opportunity and maybe, just maybe, the Universe telling me that THIS is where I really belong.
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