Archive for May 19th, 2008
Podunk fell through. After weeks of unsuccessful communication attempts, I had finally got through to my contact at BFE-Podunk Joint Unified and had accepted that position I was, by then, so excited for.
She dropped this bomb on me:
We’re still working on our master schedule. We’re not sure if we’ll need you.
Oy. Don’t trust verbal offers is the lesson here, I guess. More than anything else, this means I don’t have a job lined up for the fall, yet. Stress becomes me, and I might have only myself to blame for it: My master teacher is convinced that it’s because my employers found this blog.
After reading your blog, I wouldn’t hire you, either.
Oh well.
I could always continue subbing for another year or so. It’s easy money, work when you want. It’s also a no-benefits, non-credential-clearing job. With such a large home district here, it’s possible to work just about every day — as long as you work in special ed and continuation schools.
Except I don’t want to work in continuation schools or special ed. I want to work in my own classroom, teaching history, or journalism, or English.
Why can’t I find a job? What am I doing wrong?
