On the meridian of time, there is no injustice: there is only the poetry of motion creating the illusion of truth and drama.
ToC, H. Miller

Saturday, May 06, 2006

Jobless bum

So, I've been turned down for another two jobs. It's already May and I have officially run out of prospective schools where I'd actually want to teach. There's only one opening in Shelby county, so I'm not too optimistic about that one. I actually applied with Memphis City Schools today... If it comes down to it though, I don't know if I'm equipped to handle an inner city school. I look (and am) so young and "fresh off the farm"... they'd spot me out in a second and eat me for lunch. I don't think I could handle it emotionally.
But I'm running out of options. Aaron and I had talked a while back... assuming that I would get a job, and at that point, it seemed a given, our immediate life was planned out thus: this fall, start teaching; a few months later, buy a house; coordinate mating calls so that a baby appears around the end of my second year. We had it all worked out to a T. All hinged on the one thing that doesn't seem to be able to materialize.

And it's not just that... it's the frustration and self-doubt that comes with being rejected; it's being stuck at home feeling worthless; it's not having colleagues and other adults to get to know. I'm frustrated and don't know what to do about it. Without a teaching position, I have no purpose, no drive. I'm worthless.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Forget about the job!!! Bring on the babies!!!! Then move home!!!
Prospective Aunt, Jeanette