What a way to feel valued as a teacher...

[justbugged]

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Very nice post.

 

[justbugged]

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Unemployment is not charity. It is a paid for benefit that you accrue while working. There is no way for others to give to unemployment.

 

[chickened]

Really, I did not know that. I am self employed I get laid off all the time. It is actually insurance to cover cost while being out of work and was not meant for long term benefits. Iwas referring to helping your fellow man not through Unemploymeny insurance but as generosity. It makes me sick that people will give money to help a chicken and not people. that was my point.
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Unemployment is not charity. It is a paid for benefit that you accrue while working. There is no way for others to give to unemployment.

 

[michickenwrangler]

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I have heard private school teachers complain. Often they teach many more subjects and preps than public school teachers at less pay. However, when parents PAY for their children's education, they are more likely to ensure that children SUCCEED. Our district also has a Catholic school that I teach a class at in the fall and there is a huge difference in the attitudes of the students and parents.

 

[FruitChicken]

OK...once again...my thread is being hijacked...what does this have to do with my original question???

I wish I could just delete this thread.

The stuff I'm reading in here is starting to make me anxious and sick. I never knew people criticized teachers so much. I was never complaining about my job....I don't know where any of this came from.

Think about it, if I had said "Oh my company's downsizing in 6 months, there are no jobs in my sector, what do I do?" none of this would have flared up. eek.

 

[6chickens in St. Charles]

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Ooh. I just remembered, for a while I heard about freelancing as a science teacher for private schools, homeschools and some public schools with no science program. I got pretty excited about it, because it would be a lot of fun. I used to bring "real life math" extras into the grade schools, the kids really lite up with a novel experience with a visitor. Same thing for AVIC (Art Volunteers in the Classroom) I've heard there are little franchises one could purchase or become involved with, that have equipment and support and curriculum. I haven't looked into it, but I wanted to.

If you find yourself back up north near me, and you know anybody who can do the science freelancing, PM me! I'm an RN, our field is rife with struggle, layoffs, downstaffing. But my RN experience is utterly scientific and mathematic! Plus, sidelining as a science educator takes the RN into a more pleasant realm without the blood, horror, death or dismemberment of our RN job. I know a few RN's who are also educators, floating back and forth as jobs become more or less available. It requires certification and licensure, which is not easy to do, because both have huge C.E.U. requirements that keep ya busy, but seems worth the effort for the sheer joy of it! Plus, a little more job security one way or another.

Just like RN jobs in hospitals are rare these days with all the closed units and layoffs, there are RN jobs in weird fields like Information Systems, Home Health, Public Health, Research, etc. Maybe educators have "outside the box" opportunities too? Wonder what's out there.

 

[chickened]

The largest employer of teachers is the government and that is just a fact. I would look to the other branches of government for instructor positions where your credentials would get you in and then the government will train you. This is how the system usually works or so I am told, I do a lot of contracting for the Feds.

 

[country lady]

FruitChicken, have you been on the sister site, SufficientSelf? There's also your local library for information. In fact, there's a wealth of information out there on living frugally. It has always been a way of life for some of us.

 

[kla37]

Here in NC several years ago, they were begging people to become teachers, and now they are getting pay cuts and being laid off. It makes no sense! We moved from a pretty bad public school system into a good one last year. The teachers in both places were great, it was the parents and the environments the kids had at home that make the real difference. If the parents don't care about their kids doing well in school, or expect the schools to do all the parenting for them, the kids won't do well. We had kids in the old district who would wear the same dirty clothes all week, weren't bathed on a regular basis, and got most of their nutrition from school food. In that kind of environment, the kids just aren't going to do that great, even with the best teachers. I wish you luck!

and prayers to you!

 

[Welsummer Rancher]

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I would too Mahonri. And I'd break their union which in my opinion rewards laziness and poor performance.