From High to Low

I am completely and utterly bummed right now.

Yesterday I was offered an amazing job and I was completely and utterly excited. Fast forward to this afternoon. I received a phone call from my supervisor and I could tell from his tone that it was not good. He begins to tell me that the position I was offered is no longer available; this position became available when another teacher put in his two weeks and sent his letter of resignation. Well, today, that teacher decides he made a mistake and no longer wants to quit his job. So that leaves me with no position! I was so excited for this, told all my friends and family and then it was ripped away from me and I am bummed.

Fortunately, they have another position open and asked me to fill it but it is not as good as an offer. I will have to go to two schools rather than one and the hours are longer (and I don’t necessarily think I will be getting paid more for those extra hours). But the biggest thing is, I guess these two schools are regarded as “tough schools” and the kids are not very well behaved or disciplined. They hired a new teacher at the beginning of the school year and he quit in November, they replaced him with a new teacher at the end of November and she quit in January. I am very good at dealing with children and am confident in my teaching abilities but I also don’t want to be the new “Dangerous Minds” teacher.

The supervisors were very apologetic and felt very sorry for the situation. (Mind you, this is the 2nd time the position they have offered me became unavailable). She told me should would take care of me, and my other supervisor said he will make sure to really support me at the new schools, but I am still bummed. Very bummed. I mean, it is a job, but who is to say this one doesn’t get taken away also?