Thursday, November 23, 2006

In a year from now?

I do not know where I will be next year. I do know that I will be teaching. That's what I'm saying now, anyway. Honestly, I haven't had time to think about anything else...seriously...although I have thrown around the idea of starting a restaurant in downtown Yazoo in the once Cheshire Cat antique store with my fellow foodie roommate and writing math workbooks on the side (with the help of some other detail-oriented MTC math geeks...I really don't consider myself that actually ;), but in all reality, I know that I need to stick with what I know and have done and can feel like I've accomplished something everyday.

So now the question is, where? Well, I have a few options.
1. I could stay where I am, teaching where I already teach. Pros: I know the ups and downs of our school, I know the community, I know the kids, and several of them I would get to have again. Also, and most importantly, I wouldn't be leaving the kids and the school...they already have a hard enough time getting teachers. Oh, and I would get to continue living next to the most amazing woman in the world. Cons: Can I do this...again...
2. I could stay where I am, but teach elsewhere, such as Yazoo County (which is a pretty good school from what I've heard) or in Jackson. Pros: new school, perhaps better adminstration and in consequence better behaved kids; if in Yazoo I could save on gas. Cons: Would I be trading apples for apples?
3. I could move up to live with Gramma for a year and teach somewhere in South Bend. Pros: get to know my gramma more than I ever have since I was much younger, get to live in another part of the country and try teaching in a different community with a different culture Cons: I would leave Mississippi...and my friends and students

So who knows. I need to decide soon...I feel too many responsibilities, though. And then I know I need to think about what I'm doing after next year, anyway. Too many possibilities and too many choices. Exciting...and a little scary.

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