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Discourage, Please Read
By G.M.

Discouraged:

Thank you for sharing a little info about yourself. We now know that you need to live nearby your parents. That explains why you will not relocate. That's very understandable. It also reflects that you
value family
I'd be really careful about assuming that most of the frequent posters of this board were handed their jobs on silver platters. This may be the case in a few instances, but hardly many. I, for one, was not handed my former teching job because of who I knew. In fact, I knew no one at all. I got it fair and square. I prepared for the interview, presented each interviewer

his or her own portfolio to refer to later, researched the district beforehand, and probably was in the right place at the right time. (I would like to think that I was what they were looking for.)

However, to my dismay, things were far more challenging then I could take (or so I thought at the time of my resignation. I had two days to prepare, which started me off on the wrong foot. I did not receive the support that I needed.......I could go on; but I am through pointing the finger at the other guy. Why? It's futile. Does doing so get my job back or a different job altogether. Does it result with principals banging at my door begging me to come work for them?

I FINALLY realized something: I can only change myself. I finally asked myself what I could have done differently to make things better. Overtime, answers have come to me. I now realize that I could have done many things to alleviate much of my stress.

I guess the bottom line here is that even though you can't control what goes on outside of yourself, you can control what is going on on the inside. Is it easy? At first, it isn't. But in order to begin to take control, you have to realize that you have the control. You have choses. You need to ask yourself if some of your choses are working for you.

I truly don't send this to be mean spirited. I apologize for using the term "pity party." I now realize that I only generated anomosity in you. In hindsight, I realize that my last post was written with a great deal of frustration. I would like to help you, just like all the others on this board. But it's frustrating, because it seems we can't reach you!

I just don't know what else to say, except I genuinely hope that things will work out for you.

Most Sincerely, G.M.