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Re: Does anyone teach in Montana and love it?
Posted by So.... on 12/29/07

    You didn't say a word about teaching there. As a matter of fact, you seem
    to say it is diffcult to move back to Montana. Could it be because the cost
    of living is so high and that the teachers are the lowest paid in the
    country?

    On 12/26/07, jacqueline wrote:
    >
    > What an interesting yet bothersome thread. I lived in Montana for over 20
    > years and have been trying to get back ever since. It is stunningly
    > beautiful, people are friendly and down to earth, there is so much to do
    > and intelligent active people to do it with. I've lived in bush Alaska and
    > THAT'S isolated. Montanans are only as isolated as they choose to be. As a
    > student there, I received one of the best educations in Bozeman, Mt. I
    > moved my children to the Northwest where they slid by because their
    studies
    > were too easy. (There is nothing worse than boredom.)
    > There are advantages to being elsewhere and there are places I like but
    > Montana, I love. It has gotten considerably more expensive, but if you
    have
    > the resources, you won't be disappointed, not even a little. Contrary to
    > the "Yeah, we don't want you statement," Montanans are quite simply not
    > like that. You get a few of those everywhere. It's a state with some of
    the
    > best people I've met anywhere.
    > On 11/27/07, Heidi- Thanks so much for your kindness. NFM wrote:
    >> On 11/25/07, Stay away. wrote:
    >>> Yeah, we don't want you.
    >>>
    >>> On 11/24/07, Heidi wrote:
    >>>> My husband would like to move to a state where the pace is slower,
    >>> and
    >>>> where there is less possibility of a terrorist attack! We live in
    >>>> Southern California, and I currently teach Kindergarten, plus I run
    >>> my
    >>>> own business (see the link below). (I write music to teach K with.)
    >>>>
    >>>> It worries me to hear of people trashing Californians who move to
    >>>> Montana! It seems like no matter where we move, someone is going to
    >>>> not want us simply because we come from CA. I would expect the cost
    >>>> of living to be lower, only because it is so darn high here. And I
    >>>> know that I would take a giant pay cut, since I am at the top of the
    >>>> pay scale here after 22 years of teaching.
    >>>>
    >>>> My husband's main objection to living here is the terrible commute he
    >>>> makes everyday to work. It is sometimes an hour and a half each way
    >>>> (and it should take only 30 minutes, but for the traffic.) I do
    >>>> expect this to be a huge adjustment for me, no matter where we go,
    >>>> assuming this would be a rural location, and very different from
    >>> here.
    >>>>
    >>>> Are there any reassuring words out there?
    >>>> Heidi

     
     

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