Still not back to daily blogging, but my TPA work is going stellar — I’m spending my waking hours typing up my TPA.  In just one week, I have almost completed TPA #4.  I should be able to turn it in tomorrow.  I’ll then have one TPA to go!

I just found out that another job in the district will soon open — an Art job at the Middle School.  I am definitely qualified to teach this class… and yet I’m not because I lack a CSET in Art, which is required by the district even if you have a degree in Art… like a Master’s Degree.  I’m taking the Art CSET two weeks from now.  I’ll know if I passed it in early June.  I hope the job is still available by then, though I sort of doubt it.

If I should happen to teach Art, it could lead me to an eventual teaching position in Art History at a college – my ultimate goal.  If I wind up teaching Social Studies (also very desirable), I would likely stay in the Middle School or High School for the rest of my career, as there is no clear path to teaching Art History at the college level.  I’m quite alright with that too.  If I wind up in Social Studies, I might even eventually go for an administration job where I could then guide teachers.  First I have to learn how to teach however.  I need practical experience that only teaching can give.

Wow, tough week for the U.S. this week.  Last week started off with the Boston Bombing.  The next day, there was a manure plant explosion that wiped-out a small town.  Any other week, and the blast in West, TX would have been big news.  By Thursday, one of the bombing suspects was dead and another one captured.  …And the stock market is beginning to take a nosedive.  We’re way overdue for one.

I hope this week is better.