I got a call, well, really a call back from a friend. She went through the complexities of the universe and finally ... what was really going on. Some people are like that ... talking about gravity shifts, polarity, simbiotic nature of animals, Gandhi's and Confuscious' teachings and finally ... they venture to worry about how they are doing at their job.
Oh, so the other stuff was just special effects, right?
Anyway, she has a friend who's fighting getting a job in (dun dun dun ... dah) teaching. So, I told her about winning strategies for getting jobs:
$ find out where the jobs are (This step she missed a bit. She was applying for where she wanted to work, rather than examining whether they were hiring or capable of hiring)
$ ... in teaching, with unions, there are rules as first draft, second draft, third, and fourth. She was a fourth draft and didn't know that (well she would be in this county)
$ get all the written and documented accolades you can
$ know the adminstration (this is the butt-kissing arena)
$ distinguish yourself from the pack
$ compromise
Let's hope that all of the might help her friend get a job teaching. Good luck! As I expressed to a woman at work ... teaching 30 kids similtaneously meant that I couldn't teach 30 different ways, but rather I had to teach to the middle ground. That's what turned me off in school, and I couldn't bear the thought of doing that to others.
You cannot effective teach 30 individuals individually given the space and time in school. Now, where my neice attended for her primary (1-5th) years, she had small class sizes -- 15 including herself, one year. It was a public school, but sadly it is closed due to the district's "buy, build bigger better". There will never be a more class like that in the area again.
This friend of mine is seeking another job, but isn't very pro-active about getting it. It is easier to complain than to do. She's going into bankruptcy as is another friend I know. I hope not to find myself going there -- crap, crap, crap or something to that effect.
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to be completely frankenberry, you never did get a job in education, is she aware of that?
I don't think she was making a mistake checking with the places she WANTS to work, even if they're not hiring now, it increases her chances to one day have a job she enjoys instead of just blowing along in the breeze.
"easier to complain than to do" Well, nuff said on that one.
Bankruptcy is not what it used to be. I know of two girls who filed for bankruptcy, as it was "handy" and if you see yourself as a victim you don't have any ego to bruise by failing. Apparently enough of this happened that Geo. W. Bush made bankruptcy much harder, you're not entirely off the hook anymore, you have to pay back your creditors eventually. So, I hope she's not really counting on that as her parachute.
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