California Dreamin........

[MtnSurfer]

Originally Posted by jc76

Your Overqualified, period. Employers look at you and know that the second you get an offer from a school you'll quit on them, so they hire more desperate people with no degree/future to fill the spot in hopes of job longevity.

This case is an unfortunate one and I am sorry it has worked out this way for you in CA now. I have heard most districts are in a hiring freeze with the current budget cuts. And other states are seeing cuts to education as well, not just CA. I have relatives who are teachers and seeing this in CO as well.

And jc76 is correct about these other jobs. In my current position I participate in the hiring process. In reveiwing resumes one of the first things we look for is a good fit for our group. And we had two entry level positions recently where layed off managers or advanced professsionals were applied for. Unfortuantely they were not the right fit plain and simple. Most hiring managers and HR folks look for this. Now that is not to say there are not exceptions to this general rule. And sometimes a more seasoned professional has desireable enough skills that a new position can be created just to bring that person on board. But by and large the right fit is what the employer is looking at, not whether someone has two Master's degrees or a Phd, unless that is a requirement of the position.

I have heard that teachers with Special Ed. certifications are still doing pretty well. Maybe that or some other specialty is something you can explore as a longer term option.

Derek

[Charles]

Originally Posted by SoOverCali

I am desperate

Nice photo of you.


Robyn Jean Springer

[FresnoFacts]

Originally Posted by SoOverCali

All I can do now is look outside the state of California to teach middle school math again..

I know it is tough out there but I hope you are still applying for teaching jobs that come open, no matter where in the state it is located. I'd hate to see a good math teacher leave.

When I search for middle school math jobs on places like EdJoin.org I still see teaching jobs being posted in California.

For example, my search just now turned up middle school math openings in Tahoe, Fontana, Monrovia, Irvine, etc. They were just posted this week.
http://www.edjoin.org/searchResults....le+school+math

Using "junior high math" as the search also brings up jobs.

Good luck.

[Alexus]

Originally Posted by Mailman

All are welcome here, so come on down. I don't see the bad times lasting forever in California, even Ahnold has weighed in and said California has a
lot to offer.

I always thought this song was very depressing. Never liked it. Listening to it, I picture a bunch of empty-headed hippies, smoking pot, and laying on a dirty beach full of trash and beer cans, facing a future of meaningless friendships and no family connections. Even the women in this group look like and dress like men, unable to hold an interesting conversation or get in touch with their femininity, they have no choice but to seek some shallow level of affection from each other. They have no music in their lives. All contemplate suicide daily. A wholly empty existence they live in and even though the sun shines on the beach, they remain focused on the gloomy horizon. They are the walking dead living in a place that has no meaning, no substance, and no depth. California dreamin....in California. Guess this type of empty existence can happen anywhere though, but this song always reminded me of an aspect of CA culture.

[Bluesbabe]

Originally Posted by ConeyIsBabe

The current financial situation for the state of California makes me sad I lived in the Napa Valley for a year, moved to Oregon, but always hope to relocate back to California some day.

Californians...... do you feel any hope for the future of your state? or should I give up my dream ?

Well, I'm jazzed that I'm not the ONLY Californian-Native-in-Oregon that wants to go back! When I retire in 5 years I hope to return to my roots.

[eightiesfan]

Originally Posted by Alexus

I always thought this song was very depressing. Never liked it. Listening to it, I picture a bunch of empty-headed hippies, smoking pot, and laying on a dirty beach full of trash and beer cans, facing a future of meaningless friendships and no family connections. Even the women in this group look like and dress like men, unable to hold an interesting conversation or get in touch with their femininity, they have no choice but to seek some shallow level of affection from each other. They have no music in their lives. All contemplate suicide daily. A wholly empty existence they live in and even though the sun shines on the beach, they remain focused on the gloomy horizon. They are the walking dead living in a place that has no meaning, no substance, and no depth. California dreamin....in California. Guess this type of empty existence can happen anywhere though, but this song always reminded me of an aspect of CA culture.

Um, what are you talking about?

From wikipedia...
According to John Phillips in a Bravo documentary, and Michelle Phillips in an NPR piece, the song was written in 1963 while they were living in New York. He dreamed about the song and woke her up to help him write. At the time, the Phillipses were members of the folk group The New Journeymen which evolved into The Mamas & the Papas.

[Curmudgeon]

Originally Posted by eightiesfan

Um, what are you talking about?

From wikipedia...
According to John Phillips in a Bravo documentary, and Michelle Phillips in an NPR piece, the song was written in 1963 while they were living in New York. He dreamed about the song and woke her up to help him write. At the time, the Phillipses were members of the folk group The New Journeymen which evolved into The Mamas & the Papas.

And in addition to that, it was the 60s afterall and the counter-culture was beginning to form and draw youth from all over. Southern California was still golden and part of the United States rather than Mexico, the beaches were beckoning and the song rang out, especially for those of us from California who were "trapped" elsewhere for a time.