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Home : 2003 : Nov : 24
I have been that road
By Meg
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When I first got out of college, teaching jobs were hard to come by in my area. So, I went the private school route. Not only was I making a third of what I do now in public school, I was having to work another part time job afterschool just to make ends meet. The parents were pretty much well to do, with a working dad and stay at home mother. Not only do "professional" parents expect a lot from their child's educational experience, the stay at home mom's had too much time on their hands....constantly in my business. They expected a "perfect educational experience", yet they didn't realize what I was making....and that I was tired and worn out cause I had worked till 11 o'clock the night before running the front desk at a hotel. Then...there were my coworkers. Private schools here in South Carolina do not have the financial abilities to pay qualified teachers. I was actually the only certified teacher in the entire building, and was not making any more than the others that just had high school diplomas, or that were supposedly getting their teaching qualifications. I am not really the type person that is normally jealous, but when I had more education than the director of the school that I actually had to answer to...that just didn't go over well. And, no, this was not a daycare. It was a school. I was a third grade teacher. Along with this, came some very immature squabbles between teachers. I guess you could say that without the pressures of public school, we had time to stir up stuff. When a public school opening came, I jumped to it. Not only am I making a decent salary now, I don't have to work part time. My co-workers are all educated professionals. We don't have time to stir up messes, we are bound together like cement with the demands on us (and this is actually nice - to an extent). Oh, and parents pretty much leave me alone in public school. I have a working class of parents. They all have their own jobs, and don't have time to try to do mine. Those few that don't have jobs, don't have jobs because they collect welfare and they pretty much don't give a crap what I do to their children long as I keep them out of their hair (yeah, I know that sounds kind of bad, but it is the truth). Public school definitely has it's headaches, but private school does, too. And I would rather have a headache over $35,000 than over $12,000. So, for me, public school is definitely my choice.
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