Lately, I've been hearing about school districts cutting down on teachers. It's all over the news- with the bad economy, people aren't hiring even for the 'safe' jobs- teaching, doctors...etc. This is a big problem. It's always been my goal to be both successful (monetarily) and hold a safe job where firing would be rare. Even at our school, a couple of teachers will be dropped going into the next school year. That's scary to me. I'm worried about what might happen after college...
Sure, let's go with the idea that I do graduate college with my double major in history and a foreign language. Great for me, right? Not really, if I can't get a job. I'll be among the millions unemployed or still be working some sort of part time job. I’m not complaining though, if I did manage to get a part time job after college. Then again, it is my plan to keep the job I currently have to sustain me through college, but I- like most people- don't have plans to invest myself in the company for the rest of my life.
I don’t know how things will turn out 5 or 6 years down the road, who knows, maybe our economy will be recovering by the time I’m done with college and districts will be more interested in hiring. It’s hard to say what’s going to happen 5 or 6 years in the future, no one can predict it. Either way, I know teaching is the career I want to go into, and if I have to apply all over the country (even in places I’d rather not live—i.e.: the Deep South or way up north) to get a job, I will.
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