I'm just going to vent for a little. My kids' elementary/middle school needs a middle school science teacher. School starts in two days and they still haven't found one. They're planning on just having an ed tech police the kids while a qualified teacher talks to them on a computer screen or something. I have almost ten years of experience teaching in all kinds of contexts—but almost all the experience is overseas. I don't have the certifications because I think they're a waste of time and money—however, I always offer to get them after I've been hired. Some schools are desperate enough to hire teachers under these circumstances. I'm happy to do so, especially because this job looks awesome, it pays a ton, I know the kids because I've subbed there many times (pre-pandemic), and I think I would be great at this job. I applied a week ago and haven't heard a word back from them. It's possible that things are just chaotic there (some school districts can take weeks to get back to candidates they're interested in), but I suspect that they're just ignoring me because of my lack of certifications, my communist politics (which I think people around here generally know about), and the fact that I mask and my kids also mask. It's just so frustrating because, if I didn't mention this before, the job pays a ton and the kids are great. It would be such an easy, great job. I wouldn't even try to brainwash the kids (too much). I would only bring up Dialectics of Nature if it came up naturally in class discussions, for instance. Or I would just use dialectical materialist ideas without using Marxist language. Anyway, they also can't find anyone to work there because local landlords have stolen every fucking house around here and either turned it into an AirBnB or made it totally unaffordable—even if you're bringing home more than $70,000 per year from just this one job. I have to commute so much (several hours a day) for my current dirty blue collar job, and this teaching job is less than fifteen minutes from my house. It's sooooo frustrating.
I'm just going to vent for a little. My kids' elementary/middle school needs a middle school science teacher. School starts in two days and they still haven't found one. They're planning on just having an ed tech police the kids while a qualified teacher talks to them on a computer screen or something. I have almost ten years of experience teaching in all kinds of contexts—but almost all the experience is overseas. I don't have the certifications because I think they're a waste of time and money—however, I always offer to get them after I've been hired. Some schools are desperate enough to hire teachers under these circumstances. I'm happy to do so, especially because this job looks awesome, it pays a ton, I know the kids because I've subbed there many times (pre-pandemic), and I think I would be great at this job. I applied a week ago and haven't heard a word back from them. It's possible that things are just chaotic there (some school districts can take weeks to get back to candidates they're interested in), but I suspect that they're just ignoring me because of my lack of certifications, my communist politics (which I think people around here generally know about), and the fact that I mask and my kids also mask. It's just so frustrating because, if I didn't mention this before, the job pays a ton and the kids are great. It would be such an easy, great job. I wouldn't even try to brainwash the kids (too much). I would only bring up Dialectics of Nature if it came up naturally in class discussions, for instance. Or I would just use dialectical materialist ideas without using Marxist language. Anyway, they also can't find anyone to work there because local landlords have stolen every fucking house around here and either turned it into an AirBnB or made it totally unaffordable—even if you're bringing home more than $70,000 per year from just this one job. I have to commute so much (several hours a day) for my current dirty blue collar job, and this teaching job is less than fifteen minutes from my house. It's sooooo frustrating.