I'm happy.

[learnteach]

Taught today, mix of English classes.

It makes me happy. Laughing when I walk out of the school, dancing in front of the classes, a show every hour and inquisitive minds asking me questions. "What are you going to be for Halloween, Mr. Schmidt?" "Large." "Are you married, Mr. Schmidt?" "Is that a proposal? "

If only it paid enough to live on...but, I get to do it now.

Coooooooool.

Comments

[judith-s.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you found something that makes you happy. Most people never do. I feel the same way after a good meeting with one of my inventors. It's just such an energizing/interesting/fun/learning & teaching experience.

[kawgirl.livejournal.com]

Yay teaching! I'm glad you are enjoying it!

If you like it enough, I bet you could make a decent living at it. For a long time, as I listened to my friends in high tech whine about not being able to purchase property, I watched as my friend from college who teaches elementary school bought one house in Austin and then one in San Jose. Now, he also drives a Lexus. And yes, he's still a school teacher.

So, I bet there's a way to make it work if that's really what you enjoy doing...

[maestrateresa.livejournal.com]

Certainly never worked that way for my mother (a fiscally responsible woman, if ever I met one). She has now retired, but is still subbing in order to make sure that her ends will continue to meet properly as life goes on. Of course, she was the primary/only income after my dad's stroke, and she *was* raising a family.

[beanolc.livejournal.com]

Didn't work for me, either.

[kawgirl.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry to hear that. I am not a teacher, but I work for a school district. The teachers I work with are doing ok. Some work some kind of job during the summer. My college friend I metioned above does not work over the summer, but does do a little coaching. He doesn't live a super opulent lifestyle, but it's a pretty good one.

My only point was that it is possible. I think it's hard enough to get and keep good teachers. I think J would make a great teacher and if a little encouragement leads to him figuring out how to make it work, everyone (kids, J, the community) wins.

[beanolc.livejournal.com]

I agree that J would make a great teacher. My comment only was that teaching in Gilroy, with one income coming in, we were having trouble keeping our proverbial heads above proverbial water. But don't think for a second that money drove me out of teaching. :)

[kawgirl.livejournal.com]

Every situation is different. But my friend seems to make ends meet and then some. He teaches during the school year and travels over the summer (though this is going to change after he gets married because his wife-to-be isn't comfortable with that). The only extra kind of thing he does is coach some sports. Of course, he has had no dependents up to this point. That probably makes a difference.

[maestrateresa.livejournal.com]

I'm glad that you are enjoying the teaching. No, you won't get rich that way, but it depends upon what the trade off in working doing something that you don't like is worth to you :)

[cvirtue.livejournal.com]

Sounds like fun! I'm glad for you.