Hi. This is my first ever blog of which I am sure will be many.
Recently having found myself in a situation where I have a great deal of time on my hands, I have been thinking about my future life.
I mean, I am older than most people trying to break in to the job market and feel like I might be sitting around working things out for a while. So why not read??!!
Perfection.
Seriously though, I thought it would be easy to get a job. I have never had difficulty in the past and approached it with the assurance of someone who has been employed all her life. Not one single interview…my friend told me to take my age off my resume, which I have now done; but feel stricken that I have to omit this piece of information…concerned that there may be some shocked interviewer wondering why someone his mother’s age is coming in to interview for this job!
I don’t want to go back to teaching. I love it and I hate it in equal measures. I love the relationship with the students and the joy of seeing them improve and grow, I love creating lessons and programs of learning that are enriched with activities and lessons that are full of thought provoking and interesting concepts…I hate the micromanagement, and the parental expectations…and the lack of respect that seems to come from parents and students. Yeah, so i don’t want to go back to the classroom.
I am getting close to going back to the classroom though. We have moved to a new town, and this means that there are no contacts, no friends, no recommendations. This means that my profession is fixed, and I am stuck.
As a result I am reading like a maniac!
I have decided to share with you my thoughts on the books I read, and to impart some of my thoughts along the way.