Money STINKS!!!

Money Stinks....

Seriously.

Those are my thoughts on this lovely Wednesday morning.  We had a meeting earlier, and I knew that unless I vented out my frustrations, I wouldn't be able to think clearly at all today, so here I am... venting to all of you.  I don't complain about many things, because I'm of the mindset that if you don't take steps to change it, you shouldn't be complaining about it.  I promise that I plan on writing my congressmen a letter after posting this blog, so let me have my minutes please!

My school district is a great one, and in comparison to other school districts, we definitely hold up as far as our kids performance.  I have great pride in working where I do, and I love EVERY minute of my life as a teacher.  However, I'm flipping out with talks about budget and all of those wonderful things because we are frozen.  Nobody is allowed to spend any money.  My honor choir might not get to do their field trip that they do every year.  And this just in... if they start cutting staff... I'm not tenured.  This is the part that totally BLOWS!!!  The first day of next year, I have tenure, which would make me safe from the craziness of pink slips and firing.  However, with all of the talks that are coming down, I don't know if I'm going to get to see that first day of next year.  I have many friends that are out of work, many of them teachers.  Some are doing aid positions and some are working retail.  While I love my second job at American Eagle... I don't think that I want it to actually be my livelihood.

In short, the state of Illinois needs to start paying its public schools, I'm freaking out about not having a job next year, and I kind of want to cry a little bit...