I will be a teacher soon...

iVillage Member
Registered: 04-11-2003
I will be a teacher soon...
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Sat, 04-30-2005 - 6:52am

Hi Everyone,

Remember a few weeks ago I told you that I had been offered a teaching job and didn't know whether to accept the offer since I was waiting on another school to contact me? Well, the other school did contact me via post saying kindly that I didn't meet the criteria that they were looking for. I was a bit disappointed as I had really thought that I would get an interview with the school since everytime I saw the administrators, they would tell me that they wanted me to work there and to put my resume in, etc..

Anyway, the same day that I received the letter, I ran back upstairs to my apartment and called the principal from the other school where I was offered the position. I asked her if the job was still available and she said, "Sure, it is!" and we set up an appointment this Monday for me to sign the commmitment letter. The public school that I decided to work at has children who come from low income families as opposed to the other school where the majority are children that come from middle class families.

However, I am very excited as now I have ample time to prepare for my classroom in September. Also, I am happy because I have a job and I don't need to go through the grueling process of waiting for schools to contact me. I like the secure feeling that I have found a position. And then, on the flip side, I am anxious and worried, questioning myself if I have made the right decision. I go back and forth: being happy about the position and then being worried. My gut feeling was telling me all along to take the position. I guess it is just that I am getting through the disappointment from the other school.

And on another note, I have been having so many strange dreams about this! I had a dream the other night about the school that didn't offer an interview. I was sitting next to one of the administrators and we were discussing something and I asked her a question and she snapped and yelled at me! I woke up thinking, hmm, maybe there was a reason I didn't work at that school!

Also, yesterday, I met a teacher from that school and we chatted a little. She told me how fortunate she feels to be a teacher at the school. As I was listening to her, I felt that she was not telling the whole truth.

Well, bottom line is: I am happy with my decision. I just wish I could settle myself and stop questioning it. Perhaps, I am nervous about being a first year teacher. But at the end of the day...I know that I will do a wonderful job at this school.

Thank you all for listening to me vent here...
Any kind words would be appreciated!

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iVillage Member
Registered: 03-26-2003
Sat, 04-30-2005 - 10:02am
Sounds like great news! Congrats!!
iVillage Member
Registered: 04-22-2003
Sat, 04-30-2005 - 10:18am

I firmly believe that everything happens for a reason and there is no coincidence.


iVillage Member
Registered: 04-26-2005
Sat, 04-30-2005 - 11:35am
As you said, sometimes, things happen, like the door shutting on the other school teaching job, so that the opportunity that is really meant for you, opens up. There is an old saying that when God shuts the door, He opens a window. Or something like that. :) It sounds like you are meant to be at this school. Poor children need good teachers, too, and have a harder time sometimes getting them, and getting the education they need. Bless you for taking this job. Anna
iVillage Member
Registered: 09-27-2003
Sun, 05-01-2005 - 5:23pm

Congratulations!


It's normal to be both excited and worried.

 

 

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