Gainfully employed?
Well guys, after two days of instruction and a day of paperwork and fingerprints, I've done pretty much all I need to become a substitute teacher. I could start as soon as the end of the week, depending on how long the paperwork takes to get processed.
Am I really excited about it? I wish I could say I was. It's not the work that bothers me, it's the pay. I mean... I know how poorly teachers are paid, and I fully expected substitutes to get paid a LOT less, but even I didn't realize HOW little the pay would be.
That wouldn't even be as big a deal (even a little cash is better than none at all), except that a friend of mine has mentioned to me another potential job opportunity that could pay very well, if I got it. Sounds like a no brainer, right? Pursue the higher paying gig. But the other job is considerably more time consuming... which I could live with, except I'm worried about how I'd find the time to visit Erin. We're on the phone together daily, but I haven't seen her since January, and I want to get up there and see her terribly.
Ugh... Nothing can ever be easy, can it?
Am I really excited about it? I wish I could say I was. It's not the work that bothers me, it's the pay. I mean... I know how poorly teachers are paid, and I fully expected substitutes to get paid a LOT less, but even I didn't realize HOW little the pay would be.
That wouldn't even be as big a deal (even a little cash is better than none at all), except that a friend of mine has mentioned to me another potential job opportunity that could pay very well, if I got it. Sounds like a no brainer, right? Pursue the higher paying gig. But the other job is considerably more time consuming... which I could live with, except I'm worried about how I'd find the time to visit Erin. We're on the phone together daily, but I haven't seen her since January, and I want to get up there and see her terribly.
Ugh... Nothing can ever be easy, can it?