So I've figured out this teaching thing. If you play your cards right, it really doesn't pay all that bad. You just have to be willing to give up some of that precious free time that you love so much about being a teacher. Some teachers will say... "I don't know what YOUR talking about! I have NO free time." Bologna I say!
The thing about people is that no matter what it is they're doing, if they're being coerced somehow to do it, they will start to feel overwhelmed. I read an article not to long ago about a professional gamer (yeah, someone who plays video games for a living) who was retiring at like 29. No, it wasn't because he had made too much money or anything although he did make a substantial amount. Instead it was stress. STRESS?! STRESS! Wait wait wait... so the guy who plays video games as a career is over worked?! What hope do any of us have?
I talk alot in this blog about trying to mello out. Perhaps thats because it happens to be a life goal of mine... to stay chill. This goal is however getting more and more difficult to reach the older I get. Bills, job, house and impending babyness are but a few reasons why. I think the way we can make it (I say 'we' here meaning teachers but maybe it could apply to you too) is to just look around at the positives and be a positive thinker. In a normal day the average joe teacher does about 6 hours of actual work. Yeah thats right, I said it... 6 hours. Now, to this we have to add grading, parent conferences, team meetings and faculty get togethers. Most of that stuff though, can be avoided if you really want. So while some teachers freak about never having enough time, I've started looking for ways to fill mine:
First, I've decided to become involved over the summer. I'll be taking classes and hopefully teaching some all in the name of more money.
Second, I've given up my time directly before and after school to be our crossing guard. This gig literally pays half as much as being a coach for a 100th of the time commitment.
Third, I gave up that silly polyp called an off period and have started coaching off season athletics. This gig literally pays almost twice what the crossing guard does!
So see, if you take some of that time that they wantonly hand out and put it to good use... Education can be a pretty good income source. Just make sure whatever it is your saying yes to has a good pay stub attached and it's something you at least mildly enjoy. If not, you may find yourself retiring at 29... woof
Overheard at WoRMS
girl: you going to the game this weekend?
me: yep
girl: me too
me: where you sittin?
girl: like the 60 i think
other kid: you mean the 40?
girl: oh no we're not down that far.....
me: *blank stare*
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wife comes to visit a class...
me: ladies and gentlemen, this is my wife
class: yay!
wife says bye and leaves... a few minutes pass
guy student: wait, who was that lady that was just in here?
girl student: idiot
Monday, November 10, 2008
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hahah sooo seriously im glad you get a kick out of random student comments as much as i do.
the other day i had a kid come in for tutoring and he proudly shows me his hand and says "i even wrote it on my hand to remember to come in"...and yes, he did.
on the outside of his hand was written "look at hand" and on the palm, "go to french tutoring".
bahhh hahahahhhahahah
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