Mostly black and latino communities, believe it or not.
Mostly black and latino communities, believe it or not.
Actually, between here and Rhode Island reside the largest hub or Latin Kings
Tons of Chinese live there too because they all work at the casinos.
you should live where there are the most whites like sweden, norway, finland, or denmark. wow those countries really have their shit together. lets all go okay see you there
What is crazy is the small town poor are living in mansions. There is a street in my hometown that was for the rich. Easily over a mil when I was growing up. Best place to go trick or treating. Mom told me this week those houses are selling for $130k.
Town did it to themselves. They relied on the neighbouring town to provide the work. My hometown doesn't even have its own grocery store.
You joke, but my fiancee would move to Denmark in a heartbeat if I proposed it.
well ksandra looks like its settled. off to denmark with you!
Tyven's a real pal.
You mean the places with amazingly beautiful blonde women and legal weed and prostitution is a great place to live? Shocking!
Well, since you put it that way.
Neither of those are legal in all Nordic countries. Norway even takes it a step further, and as a Norwegian citizen you're not allowed to purchase sex even as a tourist in a country where it is legal. Additionally, weed is illegal in all Nordic countries - although Denmark is more liberal with it because of Freetown Christiania.
Don't get me wrong - they're great places to live. Just wouldn't want you to move here under false pretense and become disappointed
Fiancee told me about this place. Giant hippie town/commune where they sell a lot of hash and weed. The cops usually sit nearby and catch people coming out, though. She went once with a friend before Roskilde Festival and found a huge chunk of hash on their walk back that someone ditched. Effectively doubled their stash for the festival.
So now I possibly have another big decision to make. I have now been offered a job, and have an interview tomorrow for a different job. I understand that it is usually better to just wait and see what happens BUT because schools are starting soon, if I get offered a position at the second job I will basically have an hour to decide. And since I don't have all your phone numbers to get instant feedback at that point, I figured it best to be safe than sorry and gather some feedback while I can.
Details:
Last Wednesday I interviewed for a 9th grade English position at a charter school in Los Angeles (seriously about 4 miles from where we just left...figures...). I thought the interview went well but didn't hear from them for the rest of the week and thought it wasn't going to happen. On Friday I got a call to interview for a teacher position that is a Language arts/Social studies blended position at a San Diego charter school (hey look the two cities I used to only look for a job, and now that I applied all over the state...). This is basically a class where you teach language arts through history lessons. It would be 7th and 8th grade. My interview for that job is scheduled for tomorrow.
Today, however, I got a call from the first school saying while they hired someone else for the position, they wanted to hire me as a special education teacher under the provision I get my certification while teaching there. At first I was disappointed, but I told them I would do it. I am not going to sign anything until I see how this other job offer goes. But I am not even sure which I should pick if both are offered to me.
Here's where I stand:
If I take the LA special education job-
I move back to LA, But we are going to push to be in the Pasadena area. It's not the best location, but my daughter would be close to the friends she as again. (She's only 3 mind you).
I will teach special education. I would have to keep applying for renewal of my English certificate to keep it active. When you first get your certificate it is a preliminary one with an expiration on it. You need to teach and do a project to submit to the department of education to get it as a full expiring credential. I don't think it is hard to get approved if you couldn't complete it because you are teaching another subject area. But I can't say for sure. I cannot apply for the extension until one year before it expires, so I would have to wait until June 2016.
Special education is very hard with lots of paperwork. However, I have spent many many many years working with people with special needs throughout my life in different ways. My mom was a special education teacher for many years, and is a great resource. She now teachers regular English (Oddly enough, I may be following her footsteps exactly as she also originally started with an English certification and went to special education). She insists that teaching special education while we (my sister and I) were young was ideal. While it is a very challenging job, there is little work to take home with you. I will never have to correct 70+ 5 page essays. And looking back, I think she is right. I remember her getting to spend tons of time with us, even being able to bring us home after school instead of staying late hours. When I did this recent long term sub position, I got home about an hour before the kids went to bed.
I know I can do the job well. That part is a nonissue.
If I teach special education, I will be basically stuck teaching it for a long long time. It took my mom about 25 years before she god a regular education classroom. You essentially get type-casted. People are so desperate for special education teachers, that if I were to apply to any English job I pretty much would get a call back saying, "We could use you in special ed." I don't even know if that's a problem. Why am I fighting that in my head?
It does guarantee I could get a job anywhere. And I mean anywhere. It's the golden ticket that I could go to almost any town in the country and get hired. They are needed that badly.
It will cost money to go to school (about $6k-$10k), but they have offered to give partial money towards the school as long as I sign a contract stating I will work for them for so many years (I believe 5).
The pay...is actually really good for a teacher. I was surprised by it. I once interviewed for a position in LA at a different charter school that was paying $16k less per year than what this school has offered me. Because special education teachers are in demand, their pay is a lot higher. I would be very surprised if the SD school could match it, and I would guess it will probably offer me about 8k less (if not more) than what this school is offering me.
This basically ruins any chance I would have had teaching permanently at a private school, so I could send my kids there for free and never have to look at a state test again.
If I work at the SD school-
I would get to stay in SD. This is where we wanted to live. Schools are better for my kids. Area is nicer. Closer to relatives. My husband wanted to switch to games, and out of the two cities SD is games LA is films. Rent is cheaper with more space.
I could finally get my full credential.
I would get to teach English. Is this better? Worse? I am not even sure anymore. I absolutely loved teaching English when I did it. But it was probably a lot more work than if I did special education. I love working with kids with special needs, too. Does it even matter?
I would also be teaching history. Another part I am not sure is a bonus or not. I did it for 2 months, and didn't mind it at all. My concern here is that Charter schools are under more pressure than public schools to do well on the state tests. Blending these two core subjects, while makes sense in many ways, means you have double to work load to teach kids to prepare them for those tests. Which is another issue...I hate the state tests....hate hate hate hate them. And while special education teachers have to have their kids administer the tests, there is no real expectation on how your kids will do.
I would be teaching my ideal grade levels. For a very long time I have wanted to teach middle school. Which is sad because most teachers don't want to, but they do it because it's a jerb. I actually want it, and haven't gotten it.
This blended concept sounds like an even heavier workload. I expected a heavy workload because I am an English teacher. So I am not even sure if this matters. But I do want to see my kids more than just summer vacations.
I think that's all off the top of my head atm. As I said, tomorrow may change everything, and I may have wasted my time typing this all up. But again, if the second school were to offer me a position I would need to give my answer right away because of how close it is to school starting (and I can only prolong signing the contract with the first school for so long). I want to have really thought it out before I get the phone call, and the more input the better. And rest assured, if I do not get the job tomorrow, I am taking the special education job. So no matter what I am officially a full-time teacher (of something) come September! Which is an insanely good feeling no matter what. :D
AMAGAD THAT IS SUCH A TLDR WHAT HAVE I DONE
Sounds to me like one of you needs to get a job or five immediately. Forget any other nonsense, your family needs income.