I honestly don't know what to do. I'm on the verge of tears. I feel like a failure, and now more than ever, the guilt comes flooding in about all this money we're spending on the wedding.
Sorry for the Debbie Downer post today.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Bummed
Today I found out that I was cut from the substitute list in the school district I was at this year. I have my degree in elementary education, but since graduation I have not been able to secure a classroom of my own. The suburbs of Chicago are extremely competitive in the field of education so I have been jobless for 3 years. I subbed the year following graduation, then got a job as a special ed aide last year, and this year I went back to subbing. Now, I don't have anything in my field. I'm just working very few hours at The Disney Store making a little more than minimum wage. I'm almost at the point where I give up on teaching all together. If I was meant to teach, don't you think I would have found something already?
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Please don't feel like a failure - it's not your fault at all! It is so hard to get a job as a teacher right now. One of my good friends (and bridesmaids) graduated January '08 with an elementary education degree and hasn't been able to find a teaching job either. She's been working at a daycare center, where she gets to have her own classroom, plan lessons, etc. Don't know if you've considered that, but maybe it could be an option. Good luck!
I'm sorry you're having such a hard time finding a job, it is a tough market out there right now! I'm a teacher so I feel your pain but I work in the private school sector, which is a little different...I do have a connection to the Parker School in Chicago but it's also private so I don't know if you'd be interested in speaking with them...Email me if you are but either way, good luck and keep your chin up, you will find the right job soon!!!
So sorry to hear about this! Just know that it has very little to do with you! At this point in time there are so many people who can't get employment and it has nothing to do with their skills and knowledge. Hang in there! I know its easier said than done, but at some point this will change, and it will be easier to find a job you enjoy!
Teaching is a rough profession...underappreciated, under-respected and under-recognized. As Choco Lover said, it has nothing to do with you and everything to do with the economy and education system right now. Hang in there!
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