Leaving forever and/or till Julyish

[PLATO]

It's the panhandle, Guy, so it's really more lower Alabama according to the wife. I don't imagine that comforts you much, though. I want to try to teach for real, and they have lower requirements here. I have a school system I really like up here, but I don't happen to have the Master of Arts in Teaching they're looking for. Or fourteen grand to get it with, either.

My wife was raised in a tiny town in LA...just 18 miles north of the Fla boarder. There is a difference between the panhandle and LA. It is slight, but it is noticeable. If you get a chance, head west to the Fla/Alabama line on Perdido Beach Blvd/Perdido Key Drive. There is a very good bar on the state line called Florabama. Worth the trip if you want a serious party.

[Hauldren Collider]

Teachers don't like 'em much better, from what I've heard. But few parts of the American education system make sense. Even without the master's, for example, to expect someone with a bachelor's in math to work as a teacher for half the pay she could earn as an actuary or statistician--while undergoing much more stress and taking far more crap--is quite silly. The educational requirements alone tend to restrict the field to either people who are insanely passionate about working with kids (quite rare) or else total ****ups with a good education but no better prospects. I'm sort of the worst of both worlds; I like the idea of working with teenagers and my education is barely adequate for Florida. What the hell, it's worth a shot.

(standardized tests, unions, broken families and helicopter parents also hurt, and probably other things I don't know about)

Teachers earn half the pay but they also get great benefits and don't have to work during the summer. It's not all bad. Also the actuarial exams are quite hard. By the time you pass all of them and get your ASA you've effectively gotten a graduate degree. A lot of people simply can't pass the exams.

I do agree there are serious problems with the way we hire teachers.

[Sava]

Religion is more of a disruption to ones life than heavy crack cocaine use.

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[Ben Kenobi]

Actually, the American system is far less broken than the Canadian system - they have requirements only for the individual provinces and it's two years not one. Say you qualify in BC, you can't take it with you to AB. It's a terrible system. At least stateside you can teach with a BA.

[ZEE]

Ben Kenobi you are lucky not to get banned with that offensive statement. If you don't send DanQ a PM apologizing for it, then I'm sure he is going to ban your ass. Do you understand me, Kenobi?

BAN. YOUR. ASS.

[ZEE]

I'd make a damn good Mod.

[Kidlicious]

Actually, the American system is far less broken than the Canadian system - they have requirements only for the individual provinces and it's two years not one. Say you qualify in BC, you can't take it with you to AB. It's a terrible system. At least stateside you can teach with a BA.

In catholic school.

[Sava]

I'm amazed that religious school qualifies as education.

It shouldn't.

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[I AM MOBIUS]

What happened to Lori?

[Sava]

He left forever.

God dammit, I can only turn off this stupid Tapatalk message if I manually open the reply box and type.

Cant do a quick reply and remove it

AND WHAT ****ING DUMBASS THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA TO MAKE THAT STUPID THING THE DEFAULT

**** YOU

[N35t0r]

Yeah. I just browse the regular site when in my phone (like RIGHT NOW!) because I got fed up with Tapatalk.

[Sava]

I'm going to do that from now on

Tapatalk is the worst

[-Jrabbit]

Your posts were like a series of anti-Tapatalk ads.

And it was obviously annoying you, so not without amusement value...

[pchang]

I remember staying in Destin (did work at Eglin AFB). It was a nice area with very pretty white sand beaches. If you get a house near the beach, it is probably safer to get one of the ones on stilts.

[I AM MOBIUS]

He left forever.

Why?

Holiday?