i'm so frustrated that summer legislation's shot my first, second, and third post-grad plans and now i'm scrambling with my fourth

first and second plans were to obtain lateral entry teaching certification through 2 programs i talked to a lot of people about and was pretty confident and comfortable about going through

both of those got cut this summer because alternative teacher certification programs in this state are apparently not worth the money. just like everything else related to education.

third option was to go to grad school and get a master of arts in teaching and obtain certification that way and get a ~10-15% pay increase when i start off just for having an MA

this summer NC Leg cut that benefit because it wasn't worth rewarded teachers for furthering their education to help their students

and now i'm on my fourth option which is going through regional alternative licensure which... isn't bad but my friends who've gone through it have just had really frustrating experiences with it

like, lost paperwork, getting set behind by months, etc etc

but i don't really have any other choice at this point. i'm totally cool with the program's requirements (enroll in a uni's edu program, get put in a school with a temp license, have 3 years to get a real one,

and then spend 3 years in a high risk school)

it's just all of the horror stories that get me ugh

the only thing i'm really optimistic about is that the regional edu center here is right in my hometown about 15 minutes away from where i live so it's really close

and i'm pretty damn sure i'm going to get accepted into their program just not until the winter term

i'm really not looking forward to explaining this to my mom though because it's going to be my fault the state decided to do crippling education cuts

and then i was supposed to volunteer at the local museum at the end of this month but the govt shut down has them close now

closed*

but just ugh ok i needed to vent about dumb post-grad problems

Ugh that really sucks eski I'm sorry

it really does haha. i graduated during the best year.

i'm trying to make the best out of it and just avoid talking to my mom about ~future plans~. like, i'm talking to my friend's mom next weekend who's going through the program.

and then her mom gave me the name of one of her professors and she says he's really cool and would help me out so i shot him an email yesterday but i was warned he doesn't check his mail often HAHA

but after i talk to her next weekend, if he hasn't answered back, i'm going to probably go to the uni in person and just camp out the office since there aren't any office hours on their site

That's a terrible shame, at least you're really impressive in your awareness of all the options out there and being able to identify four separate good future moves

A lot of people have trouble with even one!

and then i also have an appt with my old advisor back at my uni and we're going to talk about grad school as an option still \/

the whole point of me doing grad school was to get that pay increase and learn more as a student to become a good teacher. but tbh i can do the latter with experience

LMAO i actually... had 6 back up plans HAHAHAHAHA

if this lateral entry program drops, i'm looking at going to grad school for HST and then my last option was flirting with law school tbh

i'm really hesitant with law school tho bc like, i'm not afraid of work and it is something i've considered on and off before, but if i commit, i just feel like there'd be a lot of pressure...

korean family and i don't want to deal with "oh my daughter/niece is going to law school /gets used as a bragging token /deals with the korean community again"

edu is my real passion at the end of the day too but its just THIS POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC SITUATION RIGHT NOW

Yeah really look into law school before you go that route there's a lot to know. If you get to that point, hit me up, I'm always happy to talk about law school

yeah haha. i feel like i could be content if i did go into law if i settled on exactly what i wanted to do in that field but its just a really really big decision which is why i'm talking to a bunch of people

i'm the most paranoid planner /drags fingers down face

another thing about law school that gets me right now is if i decide to go that route omfg the pressure i'm going to get at home to apply to UNC or Duke which isnt going to happen

when i was in high school i got asked all of the time "are you applying to chapel hill my daughter got into duke "

but just ugh there's nothing i can do for now so just /STOPS THINKING ABOUT IT UNTIL MEETINGS ARE DONE WITH