Drew, that sucks donkey balls, that it's something you have to deal with and hats off to you, for having the grace to understand where they're coming from.

IO totally unrelated N, I'm giggling madly over Geoff and Naughty Librarians.

I was expecting a Billy IdLOL.

Too bad I don't have good enough quality pics for that.

And I am off to sleep. I have to go and help a former student get a ride to a place she desperately needs to be tomorrow early am.

SuperUnemployedTeacher rides to the rescue! Whee! Past angry protestors! Fun.

But sadly necessary.

Erin, you are a wonderful person and a wonderful teacher. I'm so sorry that you haven't found a new job yet.

If you have any interest in moving to Cali, I have a good private school placement agency to hook you up with...(Or you could totally go public schools--I just don't have contacts in SoCal there. I have a lot in CT, but that probably won't help you.)

{{{{Erin}}}} and {{{{student}}}}. You're amazing, babe. And very, very appreciated.

Aw, thanks guys! If it weren't so scarily close to the beginning of the school year, I might be asking for some mo fo, mofos!

{{Drew}} I am sorry for all the shitty you are having to deal with.

Erin, you are a wonderful person and a wonderful teacher. I'm so sorry that you haven't found a new job yet.

Could not be said enough.

Buffista Academy!!!!! I SO want to teach there!!!!! I foresee that this may be my last year at my current job. According to the new contract, our contact minutes will be going up to 1550/week next year and that will NOT include any safety/security minutes we're required to put in like outdoor duty, hallway duty, etc. That means that, in all likelihood, I will be teaching 7 classes and 1 advisory with one plan/lunch period. I currently teach 6, have 1 advisory, and one plan period and one 30 minute lunch. I cannot imagine taking on another classload along with my extracurricular responsibilities. I would be dead dead dead by spring break. My current schedule is too much a lot of the time.

ChiKat, that's insane. This has to stop. They can't keep treating public school teachers like this or everyone is going to jump ship like I did.

In totally unrelated news, I've been watching a fascinating series on VH1 about the sexual revolution in the '50s, '60s, and '70s. Every now and then I'm reminded how lucky we are in the US to have the freedoms we do and how hard people fought for them. They were just talking about Bill Baird, who traveled from poor area to poor area teaching about birth control to people with no access to sex education. He founded the pro-choice league after watching a girl die from an illegal abortion.

I could never be a full time attendant or CNA, I just don't have it in me. There is a CNA here helping with Mom right now and I'm helping out too and just...I couldn't do it full time, I can barely do it for this.

A good friend of mine is a CNA for a house for developmentally disable adults, and there's NO WAY I could do what she does. She is amuch more patient person than I.