Careers and Green Cards
Thursday, May 3, 2007 at 
10:32 am ()
I am exhausted. I have been all week. It’s probably the fast that spending two weeks covering a first grade class has caught up with me, mixed with a cold I think I’m getting. Either way, I am so incredibly tired.
The school year’s almost over which means it’s that time of year again where I worry about next year’s job. 
I’m trying not to worry. I really am. Sometimes it’s hard though.
The county I worked in posted eight teaching jobs that will be available for next school year. I’m not really excited by this. I feel like I should be jumping all over these opportunities, but I feel discouraged for a number of reasons. First, I know (well, I feel pretty certain) that several of the positions have already been filled and are just being posted as a formality. Second, I don’t really care too much for any of the schools that have open jobs right now. Third, the idea of working in another new place for the third year in a row bothers me.
I just wish I had an “established” career. I know it takes years to settle into a job, but I’m really tired of constantly having to move all my stuff around from place to place. I finally found a school I feel totally comfortable at. People like me. They value what I do for them. I am appreciated. I can’t say any of those things about my teaching job last year.
I guess I just have this fear of turning into someone who hates their job but continues to work at it for their whole life. I really like what I’m doing right now. Yes, I get paid way less than I should be, but I enjoy it. It’s fun. I’m good at it, and people recognize that I am good at it. Is money more important than happieness? Well, sometimes it seems that way!! Sometimes I feel like I’m being lazy by wanting to keep my computer lab job instead of being a teacher. Sometimes I feel like I’d be wasting my degree by sticking with my computer lab job, or that I’m being selfish. I could really use the tons more money I’d make from being a teacher.
It’s not that I don’t ever want to be a teacher again. I’m just still really “traumatized” over the Lexington thing. It’ll take a long time to really get over that. That’s why I really like my job now. Everyone is nice to me. I’m doing a good job, and everyone lets me know. I feel….important as cheesy as that may sound. Lots of people have told me that perhaps the Board of Education might want to snatch me up for their Technology Department there. I don’t know if that’d ever really happen, or if that’s something I’d be interested in. I just don’t know….
On another note, Colin found on on….Tuesday, I think, that he was finally approved for his Green Card. We’ve been waiting forever to hear about it. We had our interview in July or August of last year (I think, Colin can and will correct me if I’m wrong) and we were told his FBI background check hadn’t been completed yet. I made Colin call and talk to someone about it a couple of weeks ago. So now we just have to wait for the Green Card that’s not really Green to come in the mail. 
That’s one less thing to worry about now! Yay!
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9 Comments so far
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Jessica scribbled this note on May 4th, 2007: 
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Hun maybe you should keep your lab job until you are ready to move on. If last year was that bad for you, you need time to heal. You can’t rush it. There is no sense in rushing it either. It will just put you back when you really can’t afford to be going backwards. Besides having that expierience for a few years might benefit you more then you might think now. Computers are also becoming a total standard thet they will nedd you more then they think. Kids in elementary are now chatting, etc. WHich scares me but anyhow… Do stress it or rush it. It will happen when you’re ready.
And congrats on Collin finally getting his not so green Green Card! It’s about time!
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I meant don’t stress it. I need a spell checker where ever I go.
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Sometimes, I do think that we need money to be happy. We may say that money isn’t all that and it’s not important. But everything we use needs money. Without money, we won’t have the things we need everyday and who in the world will be happy about that?
You should read this book called “Rich Dad, Poor Dad”. I don’t know if you’ve heard of it. But it’s a good book =)
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Money and happiness… I don’t know. You need money fro everything nowadays, and if money is short you go and worry about it all the time. At least I do, so maybe money equals happiness? I am not under the impression that you need money to be happy though, but I feel very happy at the moment, and I’m nearly broke! Haha
If you feel happy and content at the job you have now I suggest you stick with it for a while. It can be useful in the future! Glad that your Colin finally got his Green Card. -
I know teaching is one of the most underappreciated and most underpaid jobs out there, but I would definitely try to keep doing what you’re doing considering that you like your job.
“Third, the idea of working in another new place for the third year in a row bothers me.”
I know how you feel, but just think of it as a situation that provides you with more experience. I used to hate floating from job to job but eventually you’ll find something more permanent. (If you still truly believe this is the career you want for your life.)
And congratulations go out to both you and your husband. I can’t even imagine what it would be like have to go through the US immigration process. (But trust me… I know how hard it is to become a Norwegian!)
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Hey Ashley, loving the new one column layout… wait… wait… what’s this I see? Oh em gee the sidebar has dropped! Bloody IE6…
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Rachael still uses IE? :O *gasp!*
It’s fixed now. At least is is in my IE.
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yay green card! whooooooo!!!
*he’s so lucky, he’s a star…* lol i saw Britney’s song in your recent tracks and now it’s stuck in my head
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Yeah, I had my iTunes on shuffle and was like, “Hmm…what random song can I find?” And…there it was!
I’m not a big Britney fan….
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