Jobless again

Well, I feel like I am joining the ranks of all the traditional age college students who have recently graduated and cannot find a job. I just pulled a three month stint at a local High School. Took over for a teacher who retired and was hoping the budget cuts would allow me to stay. The thing is, as a new teacher, I was already making less than the retiring teacher so why did they have to cut me? Anyway, I think it is going to be tough to find anything now with so many experienced teachers looking for jobs as well. I had an interview Monday, two assistant principals and the principal all present at first. Maybe I am exaggerating but it seems that they did not realize I only had three months experience until we were in the conference room. Then, the principal got up and left the room! Of course, the other two stayed but still...How obvious of an answer is that?
Now I am four classes into an MFA and rethinking. Maybe I should switch to an MS in Educational and Instructional Technology. It seems like on-line is the wave of the future...

New Job

Well, it seems that some professions are still hiring. I just got a job teaching English. And even though I will be coming in at the end of the school year, I have a good feeling about it. It is hard to believe that this dream is coming true but I am afraid to pinch myself just yet...

The beginning

Well, this is the end of the first week in my first grad class. I am excited. I really think the value of online classes has been highly underrated, especially for writers. Some writers, myself included, are much better and more comfortable with the written word than with the spoken word. Online classes gives me the opportunity to say what I mean without fear of rejection. At least, I won't be able to see that rejection on the face of my classmates. I may see it in their written response but the distance allows me not to take it personally. Does this make any sense or does it sound like I ma trying to justify my choice of an online MFA to myself?

I still like the face to face interaction of the traditional class room and I am certainly going to miss it, but I can go to school in California without leaving my living room! Besides I believe there are a few professors from my past that I can rely on to help me clarify something face to face if need be.

After

As I sit here watching my girls tinker with the technology they got for Christmas, I think back to the days of board games and autograph dogs. Now I join the ranks of those, including my kids, who wish for cell phones, hand held games and flat screen plasma TV's.

Right now though, I would settle for a room of my own per Ms. Wolfe...