--I'm done with my 4th year at OSU. Of course, I didn't graduate, but I'm not feeling too bad about that since I have a plan for my future. So far 3 of my grades are in--I'm pretty excited about my A in Senior Design. I'm waiting for my history grade which I'm expecting will be a B+/A-.
--I went to my brother's graduation, in the freezing cold. It was weather suited for a football game. Ick.
--I'm 22. Pretty uneventful on that front.
--My bike is going to be all fixed up and ready for me to take it to Columbus. That's exciting because just riding it up the street and back made me realize that bike riding is fun!
--My mom lost her job due to...a variety of reasons, none to do with her worth or success as a teacher. Her school district is in a "fiscal emergency" wherein having tenure meant nothing. And a teachers' contract was passed through on very shady terms that allowed for the elimination of a mass number of teachers. Delightful. I'm trying to convince her to move to Columbus.
--Earwigs are my least favorite bugs. I've had close encounters with two since I've been home and I hate it!
--I realized that I'm truly a Columbus kid now. I wanted to grab something to eat after graduation on Tuesday (I did a lot of driving to make it in time due to Monday's cancellation) and everything I wanted doesn't exist in Elyria. I opted for Chinese food.
--I'm home until June 16th at which point I go back to Columbus and start summer classes. Yay.
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6 comments:
Honey, I just heard about your mom's district and the horrifying situation there. Please give her my sympathies. We at our building are all shocked and saddened for her and all her colleagues. It sounds like a massive f-up by someone, if you ask me.
Happy belated birthday...keep me posted on things here or via email.
I'll definitely keep you up to date. I think everyone is just plain old shell shocked by it. Here's hoping she can beat out the others that now need teaching jobs in the area. There are a lot of shady undertones to the entire mess, including the conditions under which the temporary contract was voted on by the teachers...
And thanks for the birthday wishes!
I didn't really hear much about the situation except for the fact that two hundred something teachers lost their jobs, and that just sounds like absolute shit. Hopefully they found out about it early enough to apply for other jobs before it's too late.
246 teachers found out on Thursday, June 7. Unfortunately that's not really enough time to apply to other school districts, especially in this area. Many districts in the area are facing financial hardship as well (just not nearly as bad as my mom's mismanaged district). The market will be FLOODED, and teachers with experience, like my mom, will not be the first hired (they cost more to hire). Unfortunately my mom has to search out other jobs which largely she won't be qualified for and which won't provide nearly enough salary. We're keeping our fingers crossed that she can get a teaching job...but not holding our breath.
That's terrible. Hopefully your family will be able to cope with this as well as one could hope to.
We're coping. We'll be fine financially, since I'm pretty much on my own now. My mom doesn't have house or car payments to make. She's basically scouring parts of the state for teaching jobs while trying to look for retail stuff around here. She'll get through it because she's strong, even if she does have to go back to substitute teaching for a year. It still is a truly horrific situation to be thrown into!
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