Quick blurb of the day...
I'm kicking around the idea of getting my teacher certification (probably early childhood. High schoolers frustrate me). I'm also wondering about pursuing any ventures that allow me to write (in lieu of or combined with teaching).
I dunno...
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Go for it!!
High schoolers frustrate me too... especially my own.
Thanks, Matt :). Glad you feel my pain!
So many directions...so little time....
I want to be sure that going back to school isn't something I'm just "falling back on." I truly want to know if there's a bigger purpose (not that being a teacher isn't one of the greater ones!) He has for me. Going to school costs money and I feel bad as it is for not "using" the degree I do have. Know what I mean?
Ha..if there was ever something to ponder over...even if it's a little thing...I shall be the one to beat it to death!!! :p
My transcripts came in from JSU. (I need those to have a meeting with the college I'm thinking about taking classes at for the certification)
I am getting cold feet. :-/ I'm afraid of paying more $$ for college and it not be what I'm supposed to do.
I can't tell if it's my fear or something more. I get that a lot. I'm thinking fear. Comments??
Try to set aside the money issue for a bit. I know that it is an important consideration, but try to look at it (for the moment) as if it wasn't an issue at all. If you had no worries about the money side of it, is this what you really want to do? Take some time to imagine going back to college, and -- ultimately -- teaching. When you think about that, put yourself into that situation, how do you feel? Does it bring a sense of satisfaction? Joy? Does it make you feel good, or is it something that you think maybe you should do because you need to "figure out what you wanna be when you grow up" and you have to choose something?
I don't mean that in a bad way. I just mean, if your heart is in this, if you feel good about it and it is something you can see yourself doing and enjoying... then go for it! Life is never certain. Everything is a risk. We can sit back and wonder "what if", or we can take the risks. Sometimes we stumble, and sometimes we fall, but it's better than never taking the risks at all (in my opinion... lol).
I suppose it would be nice if God would give us a big "THIS IS WHAT YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO DO WITH YOUR LIFE"... lol. But that would be too easy, wouldn't it? ;-)
Praying for you, my friend. *hugs*
Sometimes we stumble, and sometimes we fall, but it's better than never taking the risks at all
Wow, you should work for Hallmark ;-).
Seriously though, thank you. I keep trying to "take a step back" and think through everything without the bells and whistles (ie: stressors...I just chose "bells and whistles" b/c I'm tired of all the gloom and doom that stress brings!). Have you ever felt as if your head was filled with a spider web and you can't fight thru all the sticky stuff? That's how I feel. I know there's an answer out there, but I can't reach out and find it...I can't see it through all the noise.
I like what you said, though. Gosh..it feels like I have something on the tip of my tongue but just can't quite grasp the right words to get it out...
Teaching scares the begeebers out of me. Then again, if I let myself think to much, EVERYTHING can scare the begeebers out of me. Dillon would love nothing more than to give me an IV full of self-confidence. Perhaps that WOULD solve some things, but I am not sure.
I'm a passive leader. Does that make sense? Sometimes, I lead without realizing it. I like that kind of leadership ;-).
I'm looking at checking into a TA position (Teacher's Assistant) at a local Christian Academy for next year. I guess it's sort of to "test the waters" and see if this is something I really want to do. The only thing is, that would probably delay getting my credential at least a semester...I don't know, though. I can't decide who I want to check with first: the school offering the certification or the paying job with the other school.
Haha...oy veh.
Do you know what job I'd really like? Being an actress in a medical or forensic drama. That way I could use my medical knowledge w/o killing anyone!!! Seriously..I think it would be fun. I have NO acting experience whatsoever... That job goes in my list of "too cool, but probably won't happen" list (along with co-authoring a book with Karen Kingsbury or Terri Blackstock!).
I'm going to really think (and pray) about what you wrote.
Thanks, September!
P.S.
I love school (going and taking notes and stuff), so that's not something that's affecting my decision. I could be a professional student!
Sometimes we stumble, and sometimes we fall, but it's better than never taking the risks at all.
Good grief, I didn't realize how corny that sounded... it even rhymes... LOL! NOT intended to.... hahahaha.
LOL!
By the way, I called about the TA position. Ouch. It pays $12,000 and offers no benefits other than life insurance and a tuition cut for children in the family.
I don't make much doing what I do here, but it's at least a little more than that (plus the benefits).
Bummer.
Pressing on.....
The comment about God handing us a sign reminded me of when I was on the road with one of the top Christian bands of the time (Andrus, Blackwood, & Company) and they called all of the band members together and said they were calling it quits. I had thought I had found my place and would be working with the band for quite a while. As I lay on my bed fussing at God for not following MY plans, I asked Him, "Why don't you just talk to your children like you did in the Old Testament?" Suddenly everything got quite and in my mind I hear this HUGE voice ask "YES???" Suddenly, I did not have a thing to say! Was it really the voice of God? Maybe not, but it did shut me up for a while!
Does all this have a point? Just that simply because we can't see God's plan, doesn't mean He can't either.
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