Wow! The past two years have seemed to fly by. Let's take a quick recap of my past educational endevors and subsequent career shall we ...
Half way through my education degree I had a strong sense that "this just isn't for me," yet I persevered onward as I was not wanting to waste money; I had come this far, why stop now. In the end, I would at least have something "stable" (and I use this term VERY lightly) career to fall back on.
I have since completed this arduous degree and to no avail.
Immediately out of university I received a temporary job offer. And as all first year teachers, I took it whole-heartedly. I was set up to teach a majority of courses I did not specialize in.
< I have majored in Phys Ed and Social; two extremely common choices unfortunately for me >
I trudge along through the next seven months of my life and happened to learn some much needed experience and knowledge along the way. I do love learning and miss being in school as a student myself for this reason.
Afterwards, I wound up in another temporary position to finish off the school year. This position was much more relaxed, involved more phys ed, which was beyond awesome (!), AND, again, involved many subject areas that I had little to no experience in.
wooo hoo to me for surviving year 1!
Ending the year, I still felt as if "this isn't for me," though I have no idea of what is for me. Hence, I have chosen to stick around in this profession for a bit longer.
You can't beat the holidays - there is no need to build up seniority to get the best times off, it's part of the deal!
This year, I am with a different district all together, still having the same "I don't belong in this career" feelings, teaching EVERYTHING I did not specialize in, and subjects I did not enjoy or do well in.
Ah, how I love our educational system sometimes.
The good news though, I am about to embark on what I predict will be the best adventure of my life thus far. With no responsibilities and nothing tying me to any one place, I am off to on My Journey of Self-Discovery.
I do hope that we can take comfort together in my greatest moment of uncertainty, and sift through it all until we reach greatness.
