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Jobluz06
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Name: Joe
Gender: Male
Interests: Guitars, dead black singers. Girls who laugh REALLY loud. Tasteful NPZ. Stuff that happened in the past.
Expertise: Trying things and then finding out that I'm not very good at them.
Occupation: Student
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Member Since:
8/2/2005
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| So it's been a while. Here we go.
Since my last post I've realized that I'm going through successive phases of realizing how bad I am at my job, and making corrections only to realize that I still have no idea what I'm doing. I'm getting all sorts of ideas to reinvent myself in my next year of teaching. Unfortunately those may never be realized. The school I work for really doesn't what to hire my for just one more year, which is all I'm willing to commit to, because they want someone who will take this ridiculous salary for the rest of their life. That ain't gonna be me. Not because I want loads of money, but because it's financial suicide to spend everything I make.
Another problem looms. What do I do a the end of this school year? I have a meeting with my boss on Monday about contracts and I really don't know what to say. I have no plan right now, but I know I almost certainly will not be teaching here next year. I'm thinking of going for a teaching certificate and M.A., which is a year and a half commitment. If I can figure out how to do that at a reasonable cost then I'll go for it, otherwise I have no ideas.
Got any advice?
Oh yeah, I'm reading about atheism right now. Not because I believe it, but because it's so dang popular right now. I blame that on G.W. and his pseudo-evangelistic administration. Also, I bet that the spread of Islam in Europe is a contributing factor, sice so much of the rhetoric comes from there.
Anyway, that's what I'm thinking.
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| It's been extremly busy working at SCA, and I don't have time for movies, friends (I don't really have friends), sleep, fun stuff, or food. But I'm working on using my time a little better so that I can squeez in a little bit of somthing (anything) else. Oh, bills are a pain in tush. I have barely enought money to scrape by. I guess that's life.
Sorry, that's all I got right now...
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| It's been a little while since I last blogged...let me tell you about it.
I'm no longer a part of Hillsdale College. I technically graduated in December, but participated in the ceremony in May after spending the spring semester doing bits of substitute teaching here and there. It was tough to finally leave the Outpost and head home to my parents place, and it was made worse by the fact that I have no job and nothing else to do. The college life is gone. In it's place is something uncertain and at the moment boring. I literally do nothing all day or at least nothing important. My one obligation is a weekly meeting with a group from my church, which will be doing a few service projects for the summer.
I did send out resumes to four private schools in hopes of getting a job as a full time high school history teacher. Only one has given me a good response, but it looks like it will be a long time until they make their decision. That school is far away in Washington and I would love to move out there and start some adventurous new life, but it's not likely to happen. I just can't be that good of a candidate for the job. There must be someone in that pile of resumes that has an MA and five years experience under his belt. For now I need to start making plans to go back to school in the fall at Eastern Michigan University to pursue a teaching certificate. I could also use a part time (or full time) job. Something that I could quit in 2 months if I do get the job in Washington. And if I'm not a teacher in come fall then I'll be looking to get some kind of long term job here in the Chelsea/Ann Arbor area for at least a year.
Anyway...that's the deal. Some times life looks you right in the face and gives you the post-college-move-back-in-with-your-parents-and-wish-for-a-differnt-life-eventhough-it-would-be-much-more-difficult-than-the-life-you-have-now card. | | |
| Last Friday I bench pressed 200 twice, TWICE I say!
I am now a man or something like it. | | |
| Okay, I'll admit that I haven't posted in over a month. And that's rather lame. So here it is:
I haven't had any calls to sub in the last 3 weeks. Hopefully that will pick up in the last month of school (remember that high schools go till June; doesn't that suck for them!) However, I am currently filling up my time lifting weights, trying to figure out what I want to do with my life, reading and playing Oblivion.
*WARNING* Never start playing a massive RPG like Oblivion; it will consume your soul. I have resigned myself to a class of single males called nerds, as I delight in the fact that I am a level 4 Dark Elf with a ranged magic spell that does 20 points of fire damage. This is the lowest and most debased accomplishment a man can enjoy, next to belching the alphabet.
As far as the rest of my life is concerned I am looking into spending about 2 years getting a teaching certificate and Eastern Michigan University, or possibly getting a teaching job in Georgia as early as this fall. I much prefer moving out of Michigan and getting a job. More importantly it would put me in the South with the black folks and all their sweet music. I would surly visit Nashville, Memphis, and the whole state of Mississippi (and hopefully Robert Johnson's possible burial site). Not to mention I'd be making money and doing what I want to do for the rest of my life.
In other news I bench pressed 4 reps of 190 lbs the other week, and I think I might be able to max out at 200. Now if only there was a point to all that effort... | | |
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