Ok so I planted a lot of roses. I had to tend them, got stuck by a few thorns but they finally bloomed! What this really means is that I got a job - not necessarily easy to do in this economy, and I feel pretty blessed. I have to admit it is not the job I dreamed I would get when I started back to college in 2005. My son was only four years old and my nativity was about the same. I really thought I would have no trouble getting a teaching job...I thought after graduation it would be all rainbows and smiley faces. After all, school was the hard part right? Juggling a son, husband, job and writing papers, that should have been the hard part. Well, throw in a struggling economy plus other issues I had no idea of and guess what, no teaching job that first year. Last fall I accepted a position as a paraprofessional working with special education students, not exactly my dream job. Honestly it was a humbling experience, me with a degree, plus a bit more mature than the average new grad. Luckily I worked with amazing teachers and it turned out to be an amazing experience. Hello spring and welcome back to the process of searching for a teaching position. Still hard, maybe even harder, because there are more cuts in education this year. There were easily 300 applicants for every job. I feel lucky that I even got an interview, let alone six interviews. Six, it took six interviews to land a job. It's not the job I thought I'd get, but I think it's a good fit, it's still in teaching and it's a step in the right direction. I will have students and my own classroom. I am a teacher :)
