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[rant] nepotism wouldn't bother me as much if it was privately funded (like a family owned business). But to have a state funded school that is practically ran by a few families who hire their offspring and good friends makes me sick. I would prefer the kids get the best teachers rather than the one's who happened to be born to the right family. [/rant]
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Could it be clearly documented, this case of nepotism? In other words, is there sufficient evidence, that if taken to the school board, the issue would look embarrassing to the school district?
I agree with you RE the private versus public issue of nepotism. But public cases can be dealt with if there is documentable evidence.
I am livid. I blew $640 on tuition and TX state exam fees (just the down payment on the total tuition of $4,000) and three weeks of time to get a math teaching certificate.
I was told that schools are desperate for math teachers. If you want to teach history or English or elementary, your chances are slim, but if you are certified to teach math or science, you will get multiple job offers.
That is a bunch of B.S.!
I applied to every school district in Tarrant County TX (Ft. Worth) and got one job interview and no job offer. The idiots couldn't even be bothered to send me a rejection letter, which is really sad after interviewing with them and being told there's only one other candidate. Kudos to Crowley ISD for sending me a rejection letter and thumbs-down to the rest of District 11 for totally ignoring me.
I got a job offer in the business world in July and I am so glad I didn't turn it down hoping for a teaching job.
Today was the first day of school, so that means it's officially over. If a school calls me because the person they hired walked out, I will tell them "you had your chance, now you have to live with it, bu-bye".
From now on, when I am presented with an option to vote for a tax increase for more money for public schools, I am voting NO. These idiots are full of crap and there is no reason for us taxpayers to throw good money after bad.
I was advised that I would have better chances at a job if I applied to a rural school district for $28,000 a year. Yeah, I'm going to move away from my family to earn peanuts teaching a bunch of hicks.
In the business world, I make the same amount of money that first-year math teachers in the Dallas/Ft Worth metroplex make -- 50 big ones.
Obviously the teacher salaries are too high if they are getting way more applicants than positions. But if the schools cut teacher's pay, the teachers would arrive to school with torches and pitchforks.
If schools were privatized we would not have this problem. As long as schools are government-run, the taxpayers will be taking it in the shorts and the children will suffer because of the schools' ineptitude.
Enough is enough!
P.S. Don't tell me it's because I'm too picky. My mother has a Texas teaching certificate in math and refuses to teach because she doesn't like anyone who isn't white. She would get priority over anyone (like myself) who doesn't have any experience in the classroom. I spent a week at Trimble Tech High School in Ft. Worth, which is something like 90% non-white, a place my witch mother wouldn't touch with a ten foot pole. I had a wonderful time and was able to connect with the students and help them learn some Algebra I and Algebra II. I actually shed a tear when the week was over because those students needed me (they said 'please come back next week'), and I desperately wanted to help them avoid dropping out and selling drugs, which is their only realistic choice if they don't graduate.
Since you really like working with minority children, moved to Compton CA. They could surely use a great math teacher such as yourself. I am sure your mom would have a hissy over it.
Was applying in the city of Dallas, Richardson, Plano, Frisco, Carrollton, and other cities in the metroplex area out of the question? In the county you applied in, how many schools did you apply at? Did you apply at middle and high, or just high or what?
Was applying in the city of Dallas, Richardson, Plano, Frisco, Carrollton, and other cities in the metroplex area out of the question? In the county you applied in, how many schools did you apply at? Did you apply at middle and high, or just high or what?
Every school district in Tarrant County, middle or high school. I lived in Benbrook at the time (SW side of Ft Worth) and didn't think it was necessary to apply to Dallas and Collin County schools.
Doesn't sound like you really wanted to teach, anyway.
Tarrant County has a population of 1.75 million people! If I can't find a job teaching math in Tarrant County, it means the job market for entry-level teachers doesn't exist.
I'm sorry you didn't find a job in the one district you applied for. There are plenty of jobs out there. If education isn't for you, fine--that doesn't mean that it isn't for other people. I didn't find a job when I first graduated either. I subbed at 2 different school districts and made as many contacts as I could. It paid off. I have switched jobs several times since and never had trouble getting another job. It is difficult to get your "foot in the door". If you really wanted to teach, you wouldn't have given up so easily.
My mistake, I meant to say Region 11, which contains a lot of school districts. Some districts do not participate in the Region 11 job bank, so for those (such as Arlington) I applied on-line on their web site.
Since you really like working with minority children, moved to Compton CA. They could surely use a great math teacher such as yourself. I am sure your mom would have a hissy over it.
That's quite a commute to family. If I didn't want to move to BFE Texas, I'm certainly not moving to L.A.
Evidently my original response, which said, merely, "Not really," was difficult to understand. Please allow me to clarify.
If one is engaged in a task and has a plan, but a few months into that plan, one ceases pursuing it, then even though the individual in question has not actually been gainfully employed, the label "quitter" can still be applied to the individual.
Of course, it is easier to apply it from the outside, without knowing all the circumstances behind the decision, but one comes to one's conclusions based on the available information.
On the other hand, for one to blame an entire industry for one's inability to get a job during an economic downturn would seem to be less than rational.
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If I can't find a job teaching math in Tarrant County, it means the job market for entry-level teachers doesn't exist.
Self-confidence is a positive feature. However, there is a difference between "the job market for entry-level teachers doesn't exist" and "a large enough job market for this entry-level teachers doesn't exist."
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I applied to every school district in Tarrant County TX (Ft. Worth) and got one job interview and no job offer
In which case, perhaps your resume did not tell prospective employers what they wanted to hear. Or, perhaps you are right and there are no positions for somebody with your background anywhere in the county - in which case, it is not so much the glut of applications, but the lack of positions and poor economy.
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