Booze it.

Playing hooky from work tomorrow and have been boozing it.

Winning.

Anywho – updates… My district is looking at an 8 million dollar budget shortfall. I received a letter saying that I would most likely not have a job next year. In other words, they plan to have to lay me off, but if the sweet bearded, baby jesus happens to intervene, I will still have a place at this school.

I’ve taken it relatively well since I’ve been watching the budget info more closely and knew that the shit was going to hit the fan. It sucks, but I know that I can make ends meet by subbing and working a few shifts a week at Fred Meyers (Krogers for those of you in the mid-west).

I’ve been drinking and cant be bothered with punctuation and capitalization at the moment. I feel like I’m doing an alright job, but I know it isn’t perfect. Four Loko, Pabst, and some homebrew.

I’m a bit disillusioned with the education profession.  I have a masters in education and endorsements in 3 of the 4 core subjects.  I hate to sound cocky, but I’m a damn good teacher.  My students constantly score higher than standard on state tests, I have great successes with difficult behavior students, and I am constantly looking for ways to improve my practices.  With my education, I could be making twice, if not three times as much in any other field.  I choose to stick with teaching because I love it so damn much.  I could do something else, but I can’t see myself enjoying it.

Anyway…. end of self-righteous teacher-rant.