laurainlimbo | it's almost over!!

I won't be online until tomorrow, so I wanted to say hi!!
my final exam is in just a few hours. not sure why I'm nervous - I guess because the midterm was such a bitch (or is that the teacher?)... and I'm just tired of school. but it will be all over soon.

it's been a nice relaxing day at home though - I got up after 7:30 this morning and studied for two hours straight with total peace and quiet. then got online a bit, then vacuumed and exercised (walked two miles with my dvd!). Then hubby came home - he has the afternoon off too - and we ate lunch and started laundry. the weather is gorgeous outside, low 80s with a breeze. I just love having a day off during the week.

I'll go back to work tomorrow, then three days off!! It's nice that we don't have really big plans this weekend - maybe a bike ride Sat morning, then my haircut, then Sunday go with M into the city for his lesson and maybe eat Vietnamese food again, then we might go to see a band called Southern Culture on the Skids - they're playing at some club somewhere in the burbs on Sunday night. then Monday just a do-nothing day. and of course somewhere in there I have to do major grocery shopping - our fridge is empty!

well back to studying. wish me luck!

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thanks! I really hope that I did well. I got so burned out at the end of the class that i didn't really care. and I hate feeling that way. but it's over!! so you graduated huh? what's the next step for you?

congratulations to you too!!

Hey, we all hit that wall. But you pushed through it. And that's awesome. So big, fat congrats to you. :-)

Yup... I be a kolledge grajewate now. This fall, I'll start the credentialing program and before I know it, I'll be warping the minds of America's youth. :-)

congrats to you too on graduating!! and I didn't realize you're gonna teach - that's great! I used to teach college but pursued the paralegal certificate thinking it would be better for making money. I could only get part time work as a college teacher - doing adjunct teaching. But I miss it - teaching is a great profession! good luck - do you have any jobs lined up?

Thanks, you! What did you teach? I am really looking forward to finishing up the program and getting a classroom of my own. I still have to do my credentialing work... 8 classes and 1 semester of student teaching, so though the preliminary leg of the journey is over, I now have to jump through all of the hoops for the credentialing program. Bleh. lol...

I have a master's in english with an emphasis on teaching writing - so I taught basic english composition, reading, learning skills, and also english as a second language all levels. I also taught for two years to high school students in Japan and taught at some conversation schools (eikaiwa) in Japan too. I miss teaching but can't make any serious money without a teaching credential in the states, and I don't really want to teach public schools here.

good luck - I'm sure you'll get through it all tremendously!! what will you be teaching? what grades?

Wow... you certainly have quite the pedigree, don't you? lol...

Why wouldn't you want to teach in public schools?

Thanks, you. I hope I can get through it tremendously. lol... I am going to teach US History and US Government... starting off in the high schools, but eventually I'd like to go back for my Masters and teach at a collegiate level.

thank you! I think it's hard sometimes having an advanced degree because people don't want to hire me - except for academics.

I don't want to teach in public schools around here in the chicago area - I don't consider it safe. actually any big city would feel that way for me. maybe really young kids would be okay, but I don't think I could handle the attitudes that high school or even jr. high school kids have. I taught freshmen composition at the junior college and those kids were just out of high school - often they were difficult to motivate, and sometimes argued too much and skipped class. I had some great students, too, but overall that age is hard for me. Also since I have a master's and not a certificate, I'd have to go back to school again if I wanted to teach public school. I can't do any more school. I would love to teach college again but it's hard to get a full time job.

you should go for the master's - I was glad I did even though now I don't really use it much.

Well, you are definitely more expensive with all of them there degrees you got. :-)

I can understand your hesitance about public schools. I totally get that. It's unfortunate that you feel that way though. Schools could use good teachers. :-)

I'm definitely going back for my Masters... it's a matter of when, not if. I think I'd like to get my feet under me teaching before I do that. :-)

I suppose if I had a teaching job, I could get a higher salary - I did make more as an adjunct than those without master's degrees.

I'd love to teach if I could - but I just can't go back to school for the teaching credential, now that I've spent a lot of money for this paralegal certificate. I chose to do the paralegal certificate coursework before the economy took a downturn - I thought I could get a really high paying job, but I didn't really think much about it. now I kind of regret it. I hope things turn around and I can maybe get a job as a paralegal, but I guess I could always go back to teaching at the college level. and there's still the possibility I might go to Japan again in the future -and I will teach there.

I didn't choose the easy path, I guess:) anyway, sorry for rambling...

Well, the economy is going to turn around at some point. So I hope that you don't regret it too much. And after all, one can never be TOO educated. :-)

No, you certainly didn't choose the easy path. But you chose your own path and that's more important. :-) And ramble on any time you please!!!

I agree - even if I can't use my education to make money, I'm glad I got all the schooling I did. it was worth it:)

thanks! and you just gave me license to rant and ramble, so beware:)

LOL!

You're more than welcome to rant/ramble/scream or vent any time. :-) lol...

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