On 8/26/08, Kim wrote:
> I am a beginning new teacher and I am feeling the same
> frustration as you both! I live in NC and have applied for
> every teacher and teacher assistant job in the counties near
> me. So far, I have only been to 3 interviews, none of which
> were productive, either for not having experience or the
> position was not being offered any longer due to budget
> limits. I am feeling so frustrated because I graduated in May
> and quit my previous job in order to take a teaching job, but
> haven't had any luck. It is so frustrating to apply for jobs
> and then hear nothing, it is like they won't even give you the
> time of day. It is all in who you know. The school where I
> did my student teaching had 4 job openings, but everytime I
> called, they had already offered it to someone else within a
> day of posting it, or they gave it to someone they knew for
> political reasons. I am starting to see that I went to school
> for the wrong career. It is supposed to be about advancing
> yourself to obtain a new career and make more money, but then
> it is impossible to get a job. I was always told to work hard
> and make a good impression during student teaching, so if a job
> was available there you would be considered over everyone else,
> but really it is all in who you know!
KIm, I know how you feel. I am in the same boat. I was always told
the same thing. There are just no jobs.
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