[Nickc121]

Originally Posted by nycjefftrain

This may be appropriate for another thread but I noticed the "hard to get a teaching job" comments showed up so I'd like to make a comparison. I grew up in Metro Detroit(Farmington Hills) and a number of my teachers had southern accents. We asked them where they were from and their reply was always "Georgia, Alabama, North and South Carolina" I always wondered why they would move so far up north just to teach?? Then I met one of my mom's teacher friends. She too was originally from the south and I asked her why she moved and she said back in the 70s, the Michigan districts used to come down to the schools and recruit them because they were growing so fast and there weren't any jobs in the south. I find it quite ironic that the opposite is now happening. Everything seems to shift.

Also, anywhere that is considered an older community, its much tougher to find a teaching job bc the infrastucture is already there and they arent building anymore schools. Also, the teachers don't leave till they retire, unlike the private sector. It's not just Michigan, it's tough to find a teaching job in the NORTH USA, period. I live in NJ and people I know are subbing like crazy...but nothing permanent yet. I'd say the next 5 to 10 years it will get better bc the baby boomers will be retiring.

Yeah I don't know why it happened that way. My sister was fortunate enough to have a teaching job in the flint area but she was getting laid off basically every other year. Her school so completely inconsiderate and undependable. She moved to raleigh, found a teaching job immediately and is working at a school that she loves. They pay for all of the resources that she needs to teach, which she used to pay out of pocket. It was a small pay cut but they did recognize all of her years of exprience and start her off high on the pay scale.

[CMartel2]

Originally Posted by DRD

Living in the south is not all it's cracked up to be, it will be quite a shock to your system if you've never lived in the south.

Dust off your bible cause there will be lots of "thumping" going on!!

So you're saying quite the upgrade from the hellhole that's Flint? Bible thumping sounds good to me.

[TedSubMan]

TRUE TRUE TRUE...I grew up in Flint...and sad to say..when I visit my parents in nearby Clio..I always get sad to see the demise of such a great city with great people!

Until the people get their minds out of the U.S. auto business...they will be stuck in time as the rest of the nation progresses.

[AmarilloDude]

Originally Posted by famlife

some people say it's turning around, most people say it's a lost cause. any other Flint natives mourning the tragedy that is Flint? i have to say that from age 13 i wanted to leave. that was in '92, and it's only gotten crappier. i've never missed it, only the people. i wish it was half way habitable so i could live near family, but maybe that's why God has blessed me with such a wanderlust lol i enjoy visiting but i'll never move back. to be honest, i'd never even move back to lower michigan. there are some oasis' of great places there, but for how long? what if it actually gets worse??

I think the Wanderlust is really a Flint thing! I grew up in Flint and do miss the people, the culture, etc. I graduated from U of M in 03, left, and never moved back.

I work as an interpreter. In Flint I'd be making minimum wage... I wish I was joking. In Texas I can afford luxuries like housing, food, and clothing.

There's nothing Flint can offer me, but I do have my memories.

[AmarilloDude]

Originally Posted by trmaoy

I grew up in Flint but left after college. I moved back for one year then got a job in Detroit. I still live in the metro Detroit area, and I am in Flint all the time since my parents and sister still live there. I basically go to my family's house, hair salon and church. But I will soon move my church membership too. There are a couple of restaurants I go to but that's it. My family's neighborhood is still pretty nice so I don't have any problems in Flint. Someone said it is the most depressing city in Michigan. I don't agree with that. There are more places to eat and shop there than many small towns. And to me, the neighborhoods do not look as bad as Detroit's.

I hope oneday that investment will be made into Flint to make it more alive.

It's surreal that now because of how many people left Flint IS becoming a small town. When I was a kid it was the 20th largest city in the U.S.

[AmarilloDude]

Originally Posted by TedSubMan

TRUE TRUE TRUE...I grew up in Flint...and sad to say..when I visit my parents in nearby Clio..I always get sad to see the demise of such a great city with great people!

Until the people get their minds out of the U.S. auto business...they will be stuck in time as the rest of the nation progresses.

Hate to make this pun about the few posts before you but AMEN to that.

Seriously, it's like it hasn't sunk in that "Hello... GM is gone." In many ways, that was a demise that was bound to happen. My dad retired making over 60 dollars an hour as a high school drop out, got laid off when the factory left, and took an early retirement. Of COURSE he's not gonna find another job as a high school dropout. I have a master's degree and make about 3/4 of that salary and honestly that kinda p***es me off.