I quit my job last year at a megahell because it was a megahell retail store. I wanted to leave before I took a hostage or burned the place down ( or both).
It was the management and the policies that were a pain. They really hated their employees.
Anywhooo, it has been a tough row to hoe since last October, moreso when Mr. Ujest went on mandatory 4 day work weeks. I’ve been carpet bombing the school district to work in any capacity there and have had two interviews and am always the next choice for the job.
I can’t get in to be a parapro until I have a college degree. But if I had a college degree I wouldn’t be working for $8 and hour for 4 hours a day. And, I pointed out to my friends, the school has no problem with the VOLUNTEERS of ANY LEVEL or NO LEVEL of college, because they are free. And I have done everything that a parapro does except collect a paycheck and to be honest, I can tell you despite my lack of a degree, I am better educated than most of them. my friends all say so and of this subject, I will not disagree.* So 7 years of straight volunteer work is coming to a close.
There was an open job call at a Salvation Army here. Two new stores are opening up, both about 7 miles from my house. Anyone who showed up, made eye contact and didn’t look like some scary rapey kinda person was pretty much offered a job.
Everyone starts at the same rate, a whopping $7.40 an hour.
As the SA has been one of my favoritist stores since, like, FOREVER, if I can actually make it out of the store every day without buy a buttload of stuff, it will be a miracle.
YAY me!
*It’s cause I use big words and read Jane Austen. Don’t ask me to do math.
It’s a scary fucking economy out there right now – I’m glad you’ve found something that will bring in some money until you can become a parapro. Or not, I’m not clear what a parapro is and whether you want to be one or not. Either way, hope that resolves the way you want it to.
Thank you for your confidence and vote for my smarticles.
The problem with going back to school is what the problem was 20 years ago. Money. And now with kids, braces looming on the horizon for both of them and other things that are scarier than that ( a new car is needed eventually.) all we can do is hold on with our finger nails until EVERYTHING GETS BETTER!
Despite the country being in such financial turmoil, you’d be surprised how easy it is to get a Pell grant, or at least a Stafford loan. As far as I can tell, getting people educated is in their best interest.
My mom’s a parapro (in special ed), and all she had to do was pass a certification test. And that was because a new law made it required rather than just for extra pay. Of course, she’s salaried at just above minimum wage. But we have the best special ed in a pretty large area.
Congratulations, Shirley. We’re all finished up with our moving and buying and selling houses now, so it’s time for me to start looking again, too.
Rather than getting a college degree, have you considered at technical school? There are hundreds of occupations that only require a year or two in school, and you come out very employable. I understand what you’re saying about hanging on for now, but maybe in the future you can think about it.
I have completed 2/3’s of the MIchigan Teacher’s basic test thingie whatever. Flew threw Reading and Writing and just freaking died in Math. And it was multiple choice. Even one out of four chances and I fubared.