Grad school
So, I'm in grad school. I started it in January 2016, during my first year of teaching. If I really focus, I can finish the master's degree in spring of 2019.
But I am so not feeling it. Let's be honest. So not feeling it.
The master's degree focus was directly related to the needs of my first teaching job, which I left after the 2015-16 school year. It's not really necessary in my current job (which I love) and with the unusual pay scale at my unusual school, I already am at the top of the pay scale just for having "cleared" my California teaching credential. But my school is reimbursing my tuition and books each semester. So it's basically free. :)
But I made a new year's resolution to stop taking semesters off.
And my hubby wants me to get it done before I start volunteering for CASA, which is something I actually care about. So I'm taking a swing at another class this summer.
It's Educational Research, and it's going okay-ish, but it's really been a tough one. Moreso because it is summer, so the class is accelerated for all those teachers who get summers off (not me), and I went on a nine-day vacation in the middle of it, and the professor is three time zones away and taking long weekend getaways of her own; she's accessible but not immediately and not very thoroughly. (Like, I emailed her a question and she replied a day or two later with a request to paste it into Microsoft Word so she can use the comments feature. Then she didn't use the comments feature.)
Phew. I'm going to finish this class and do it well because I want my tuition back and I have to get a good grade to get it reimbursed.
After that... I'll probably just keep going, because I've been having this argument with myself all this time.
But I am so not feeling it. Let's be honest. So not feeling it.
The master's degree focus was directly related to the needs of my first teaching job, which I left after the 2015-16 school year. It's not really necessary in my current job (which I love) and with the unusual pay scale at my unusual school, I already am at the top of the pay scale just for having "cleared" my California teaching credential. But my school is reimbursing my tuition and books each semester. So it's basically free. :)
But I made a new year's resolution to stop taking semesters off.
And my hubby wants me to get it done before I start volunteering for CASA, which is something I actually care about. So I'm taking a swing at another class this summer.
It's Educational Research, and it's going okay-ish, but it's really been a tough one. Moreso because it is summer, so the class is accelerated for all those teachers who get summers off (not me), and I went on a nine-day vacation in the middle of it, and the professor is three time zones away and taking long weekend getaways of her own; she's accessible but not immediately and not very thoroughly. (Like, I emailed her a question and she replied a day or two later with a request to paste it into Microsoft Word so she can use the comments feature. Then she didn't use the comments feature.)
Phew. I'm going to finish this class and do it well because I want my tuition back and I have to get a good grade to get it reimbursed.
After that... I'll probably just keep going, because I've been having this argument with myself all this time.