Just sorting through some thoughts... *sigh*

This was headline news yesterday: see article. It's nothing new, we were warned well ahead of time...

Teaching is NOT the profession you want to be heading towards right now - well unless you have French qualifications - but who does? Actually one of my friends did and she was grabbed right away after graduating. She was smart. Right now, 4 jobs are available in all of Peel, 3 of which are for French.

How many of us actually stick to French anyway? I admire anyone who takes it straight through high school. It opens up a huge amount of opportunities. I gave it up after grade 11, I just couldn't be bothered. V and I attempted to teach ourselves French a few years ago, we figured we'd need it when we go to France one day. It was from one of those Learn-to-Speak-French-in-x-amount-of-Days programs. I don't think I made it past a week. I think I use that CD as a coaster now :S

I feel so grateful to have my job and to have found one so quickly. A lot of last year's graduates still haven't found anything. My only concern is finding something for next year (hopefully at the same school), but I don't even want to think about that right now because if I'm not offered permanent standing, that means I'm going to be competing with a whole set of new graduates, come September. One of my friends is even teaching at an Islamic school because she couldn't find anything in the public stream and she absolutely hates it. She cites unqualified teachers and lack of professionalism the major source of her annoyance. I remember when I was job hunting everyone kept saying "well if you can't find anything you can always teach Islamic school." Um, no. I'm going to have to post something about this later because I recently came into some disturbing information that really upset me regarding this issue but now isn't the time.

What I'm trying to do is think in advance to the summer. I'm going to apply to teach summer school but I doubt I'll be hired - there's just too many people out there who have much more experience than I do, who are trying for the same few spots. I do have other options though, first - to get more qualifications under my belt, second - to do EQAO marking, and third - my fallback plan on the summer school camp I taught at the year before - but even though I miss that and had a great time, the pay just doesn't cut it anymore. I need something that actually pays... option one doesn't pay at all, it takes money away from me!

Or, I can go teach in another country... I've actually been entertaining this idea for awhile now. My parents like the idea of the experience and responsibility, but they want me to get married first so that V can come with. I have to admit, I'd be scared to go anywhere alone anyways. But I do feel up for a bit of a challenge. It would be awesome to experience our first year of married life in another country. And there's other countries out there who are dying for qualified Canadian teachers... so that wouldn't be a problem... but then I'd have to get married before the summer and that wouldn't work...

I'm confused *sigh* I need to update my resume. I hate updating my resume. I feel like I've been updating it my entire life.

Hmm...

Or, I can just take off and go to SA and try to make it for Sara's wedding... although then I'd feel like I'm just running away from my problems because I have so many other things to deal with first.

My car is giving me major problems too... so is my dad - he wants to take it back because he thinks I'm not looking after it like I should. Humph! Now if I have to buy a new car, that comes before all other considerations because I'd need a car to put any of the above into effect.

This is going nowhere. I'm just trying to sort through the thoughts in my head... but there's too many things to think about. I can't leave this for the last minute or then I'll really be stuck...

I think I'll go walk around the mall with my sister and see if I can resolve something. You know what really sucks? The fact that everyone else is either working or in school right now. I wish March Break applied to everyone..

I hope when I come home my resume will have magically updated itself.

A la prochaine..
-'liya :S