Is anyone else out there as discouraged as I am? With my newly minted teaching credential in science worth about as much as the paper its printed on, I am almost resigned to the idea that I won't have my own classroom this year. There are just no jobs. OK - there are a few. I did manage to squeak out two interviews. But the jobs went to more experienced candidates - at least that is what I keep telling myself so I can sleep at night.
There is this pressure as a teacher that I didn't feel in my earlier career. There is a hiring "season" that will soon pass. What used to be excitement that a new school year was starting is now just dread that no job will come along and I will be like the last person standing in a game of musical chairs.
Please keep the music playing just a little longer.
