Came to comment on the other post you wrote, but it's gone now. Sounds like a nightmare - exactly why the idea of working with kids fills me with horror.
Problem with a career change is that you're always going to have to start a bit lower down the ladder, and doing that at our time of life can be a bit daunting.
Thank you. I thought it was probably unwise to leave it up there and whipped it down quickly. Nightmare is right, I just had an insight into what the rest of working life is going to be like, walking on thin ice. Do not want.
I know. I'd happily start again and take a paycut (which has been the story of my career til I got to teaching - paycuts not payrises with every new job, I seem to prefer to descend the career ladder) but it's more that it's hard to get anyone else to employ you. I'm competing with fresh-faced graduates who cost less. Teachers only teach because otherwise they're unemployable...
It started off as a bookcrossing blog, in which I left my books on the Central Line, hoping someone would pick them up and comment on them here. It has morphed into, er, this. So if you showed up looking for something about bookcrossings and books... look here or here instead
Came to comment on the other post you wrote, but it's gone now. Sounds like a nightmare - exactly why the idea of working with kids fills me with horror.
ReplyDeleteProblem with a career change is that you're always going to have to start a bit lower down the ladder, and doing that at our time of life can be a bit daunting.
Thank you. I thought it was probably unwise to leave it up there and whipped it down quickly. Nightmare is right, I just had an insight into what the rest of working life is going to be like, walking on thin ice. Do not want.
ReplyDeleteI know. I'd happily start again and take a paycut (which has been the story of my career til I got to teaching - paycuts not payrises with every new job, I seem to prefer to descend the career ladder) but it's more that it's hard to get anyone else to employ you. I'm competing with fresh-faced graduates who cost less. Teachers only teach because otherwise they're unemployable...