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[thinktnk]

I have failed to acquire a teaching job. I have had five interviews and zero job offers. School starts back on Monday. Really, though I've been forced to decide if i want to radically relocate myself in order to be a teacher. I wasn't really planning on moving very far from where i am. The worst part is my chances of becoming a teacher in the

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Re: uhmm...

[dap6000]

but that's really only true for the first position, right? once you've got a few years experience the test scores and reference letters aren't quite as important? you're talking like you're thinking about giving up on what you've devoted that past couple of years of your life towards after a measly 5 interviews. i had nearly 10 interviews before i was offered my current job, and yes, i took the first job that was offered to me. several of those interviews ended with "thanks, but there will be no 2nd interview". i asked those people why and they all took the time to answer. usually, it had something to do with my lack of experience with object oriented programing in web environments (java doesn't count, and the PHP work i had done up to that point was non-OOP). had i not found this job, i would have made sure to address that particular weakness on my resume as my search continued.

you worked call center tech support with degrees in comp sci and physics. now you're talking about selling shoes for the next several years with a teaching cert? that's not just a disservice to yourself, that's a disservice to everyone around you. don't let your education go to waste. there's a desperate shortage of intelligence going around.