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Beautiful Thorne Bay

I better blog quick before something else substantial happens. It seems that whenever I start to blog about anything going on, by the time I actually get around to publishing it, the story is old news or completely irrelevant.

This is what is happening for the week of March 5^th. Last Friday the superintendent informed me that as of right now, he does not have a position for me next year. Awesome. I looked at him and said, “Well, what the hell am I suppose to do in Thorne Bay next year without a job?” I didn’t really say that, but I should have. My superintendent, he is a nice guy. He wanted to give me as much warning as possible, and to “be smart” and get my shit together in case he can’t pull through. He assured me that this has nothing to do with me and that he really wants to find a way for me to stay. At first I was kind of surprised, I was aware of the fact that he has to let go of four teachers, I’m not sure why I didn’t think that I would be one of them, as I don’t have any children and no seniority. After my initial surprise, I was kind of sad. My immediate response to situations like this is one of a four year old, “F-it, I’m going home.” Then the more rational part of my brain is like, “WTF, you worked way to hard for this, make it happen.” Here’s the thing, I HAVE to teach in rural Alaska for two years to complete my program, to get a professional teaching certificate, meaning I can teach anywhere. The problem is that there are only a couple of districts in SE Alaska and I’m dedicated to living/working/being in SE Alaska. I’m not going back to the Interior, not right now anyways. I didn’t even like it during the summer.

I have to remind myself that this time last year I didn’t have teaching job either and things worked out just fine. I’m pretty confident that I’ll be working here next year. I’m just not sure if my superintendent knows that yet. If not, I’ll find somewhere else to work in SE Alaska, hopefully. I’m dedicated to teaching and I can’t let something small like losing my job slow me down.

Remember, DON’T Hurry, be HAPPY!

Quote of the Week:

Me: Does anybody want to a wager a guess as to how many thoughts the average brains has in one day?

Student A: 1 billion

Student B: 10,000

Student C: 40

Me: 40,000?

Student C: No, just 40

Me: Okay…….I think it might be a little higher than that.

Student C was dead serious. A dude by the way.