Good things happened last night. I made dinner for Brian and we talked for about two hours about finances and teaching. Regarding finances, we decided to make some cuts to our current lifestyle. We seem to be on the same page, so I have full faith we will survive with my income cut back.
About teaching, he had a very good point. He said that he would like to see me pursue the job at his company as a Plan B to teaching. As my friend, mathteacher, pointed out in a comment on my last post, getting a teaching job is not as easy as applying. You need a license, and getting a license requires education, which I do not have. I know you can work towards your license by studying part-time while you work full-time, but there are many people out there with a perfectly good license who also need a job. The reality is that I might not get a teaching job this fall. It’s sad, but it is true.
Don’t fret, though. There is still hope. Brian completely agrees that I should get out of my company as soon as possible. He thinks that if I don’t get a teaching job, I could get a job at his company and then work towards going to teaching for fall of 2011. I didn’t like it when he suggested I worked there when I thought he meant permanently, but he seems to have come around to the idea that I need to get this out of my system, and he is OK with me trying it out for a while. That gave me strength.
Mathteacher’s comment about the license is something that has kept my wheels turning in my head all morning. I need to find out about licensing programs so I can start taking those classes in the fall. If I get a teaching job, then I’ll be taking them part-time, as planned. If I don’t get a teaching job, I can take my pretty paycheck from the new job and use it towards paying for the program. Either way, I need to get into some education plan towards the license!!!
Thanks to my husband and mathteacher, this is really taking some shape. THANK YOU!!!
ina