A good news/bad news kinda thing...
The good news...no...the GREAT news, is that I've been offered a contract for the 2010-2011 school year. I need to write a letter accepting their job offer by next Wednesday (I will be writing and delivering it BY HAND tomorrow), and wait who knows how long to sign the actual contract but I'm safe. And that's good. :-)
The other good news? One of my friends was also offered a contract.
The bad news? The other two members of my posse received pink slips. Now...this in and of itself doesn't actually MEAN anything at this point. They're not really fired...they just may not be re-hired. For the past several months, I've been telling my posse this, that almost all new teachers get pink slips yadda, yadda...I even went into my meeting assuming I was getting one. I'm probably more traumatized that THEY got them than I would have been if I received one. In fact, I nearly burst into tears when one told me (And I pretty much don't cry. Ever.), then threw my arms around him.
The other is my work BFF, who I literally don't know what I'd do without. We have lunch together every day, we walk out together every day...we text each other on the way to school and at night...part of the reason I love my job so much has to do with him. We have such great (completely non-sexual) chemistry...we're quite the pair to watch.
In the end...I'm more worried about my friends than I am happy for myself. I have hope, though. I have to...
The other good news? One of my friends was also offered a contract.
The bad news? The other two members of my posse received pink slips. Now...this in and of itself doesn't actually MEAN anything at this point. They're not really fired...they just may not be re-hired. For the past several months, I've been telling my posse this, that almost all new teachers get pink slips yadda, yadda...I even went into my meeting assuming I was getting one. I'm probably more traumatized that THEY got them than I would have been if I received one. In fact, I nearly burst into tears when one told me (And I pretty much don't cry. Ever.), then threw my arms around him.
The other is my work BFF, who I literally don't know what I'd do without. We have lunch together every day, we walk out together every day...we text each other on the way to school and at night...part of the reason I love my job so much has to do with him. We have such great (completely non-sexual) chemistry...we're quite the pair to watch.
In the end...I'm more worried about my friends than I am happy for myself. I have hope, though. I have to...