All Summer I was of the mindset that I had a job and career as a teacher for the next 20 years. In my mind, I was a working man!
I'd studied hard, passed their teacher tests, and was ready to accept a position through the State Alternative Licensure program (Teacher In Residence or TIR). Sounded like a shoe-in, and anecdotal evidence seemed to indicated I'd get picked up as a secondary school Science teacher any day.
I was comfortably ensconced in the notion of whiling away the days as a teacher. Median-level income job, summers off, good insurance, possible pension after 20 years. Sounded great. No worries about marketing and sales and all that junk. And I'd have a job and be bringing money in for the family instead of pumping it out!
No such luck. JeffCo Schools hired 650 people through this August. How many of those were through the TIR program?
5 friggin' positions were filled through the TIR program. "Most" of those 5 were in Spanish and disabled learning. Which is to say "not science," the category I'm set up to be in.
Crap. Back to the drawing board. I think I'll go take another look at those "images of childhood" from the previous entry to see if I can remember what those less-complicated times were like...
Posted by BilFish at August 29, 2006 09:58 AM