Hello,
My name is Sam. I'm not really sure why I started this blog. Maybe it's because I'm bored, or maybe it's because I just needed a place to vent without everyone telling me what they think. I am a college graduate from Northern Michigan University in the beautiful city of Marquette, MI. I graduated with a degree in Elementary Education/Language Arts and I don't really know what I want to do for a living. I am currently residing in the state of Illinois, which could really be referred to as the state of cornfields. I got married to my wonderful husband last June, and he is the reason we moved to Illinois. He's one of those rare college graduates that actually has a decent job. But, I don't know why he wouldn't, especially since he went into Mechanical Engineering.
Now that I am a graduate, I make less money than I ever have in my life. Wait, that's not how that is suppose to work. I work for a tutoring center and get paid $10 per hour. That may seem really great considering it's above minimum wage, but I only get about 6 hours a week. I love my job, and if I could do it full time, I would. But, since kids are in school all day, it's kind of hard to have a full time job as a tutor.
You're probably wondering why I am not looking into any teaching jobs. Well, here's the thing. My observing teacher from last semester did not think that I was prepared enough to manage a classroom by the end of my experience. I was placed in a Kindergarten classroom that had 23 five and six year olds in it. I have no idea how I made it through that last semester, especially since one of my students just recently was placed in the alternate education school because his behavior is that out of control. He would throw chairs, punch other kids in the face for no reason and then laugh about it, and yell like someone was hurting him. These things happened in the classroom while I was teaching, and my observing teacher was not in the classroom with me because she was busy doing her homework for her online classes. So, she is basing my classroom management skills off of his behavior, and her not being in the classroom. That's hardly fair I believe. I went back to visit my students in January and she was telling me that she was seriously thinking about quitting after this year because of her classroom issues. At this point, she had taken back over her classroom for about a month. So, was it really my classroom management, or was it her class? I have no idea. All I know is I had a terrible student teaching experience, and now I can't even teach.
I just recently received my subbing license, even though my observing teacher told me that she doesn't think that I would be good with being a sub, and I am going to see if there are other grades that I like, or if I really don't want to teach. I understand that subbing is way different than teaching, and that the students may not treat you with the utmost respect. That's alright, at this point I can handle it.
I know that I have it pretty great compared to most graduates, but it is frustrating not being able to find a job. But, I guess most of you already know that. I'm not as negative of a person as this introduction makes me sound, I was just telling you about my experience. Until next time!
