The restaurant where I work made $195 total for the day. $69 of that was in the morning, meaning total sales during my shift were just $135. I was barista, meaning I made 20% of the server's tips. Therefore, I made $8 tonight, working over the span of six hours. Yup, that sucks. It especially sucks because I have my project proposal due tomorrow, and that's going to be several hours of work, and I barely have a start to it. This means I will be pulling what could amount to an all-nighter, or nearly an all-nighter. And, really, I haven't been procrastinating; I'm putting several hours of work into the course each night. It still piles up, though. Luckily, I'm not teaching now. I wonder what it will be like when I am, and doing this at the same time. In the fall, I have a class on Monday nights until 10pm and a Saturday course from 9-4 every Saturday. I've heard the professors make the teacher courses easier during the school year.
Just repeat to myself: A MAT means a $3500 raise. A MAT means a $3500 raise. A MAT means a $3500 raise. And not worrying about certification for a few more years, which is another load off.
And, really, the course is pretty damn cool. The creative classroom juices are flowing and making me very excited about getting back in front of the kids. I can't believe I have a 25-30 page paper due next week, though.
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4 comments:
Maybe get a little sleep and wake up really early but don't pull an all-nighter. Anyway, it might not take you as long as you think. You have your excellent ideas and strong feelings about them. It won't take you forever to put it all together.
What a horrible, horrible take home for six hours of work - $8.00!
The sooner you get your raise and don't have to wait tables the better.
I can empathize. I used to have to work over-nights at starbucks and go to school during the day in order to work on my Master's. There is nothing like having an hour commute to get to class at 9am, sitting through 3 hours of class, working on assignments and reading, driving an hour back home, and getting a nap in before starting my shift at 9pm until 5am. Next semester... I'll starve before I do that again.
I taught full-time while going to grad school part-time. It was the hardest thing I've ever done. I have no idea how I was able to prepare for everything on time.
Somehow, though, I did - and now that I'm finished, my free time is unbelievable. I've never been so prepared as a teacher, so ahead of the game. It's unreal.
In the meantime, It'll suck--I won't lie--but when you're finished you'll be ten-times improved as a teacher.
Best of luck.
I just survived my first year of grad school while teaching full time. I took 2 courses a semester, while it felt impossible, I felt as if I couldn't be 100% at anything, but it appears that it all worked out. It really does help with time management however. You will feel extremely successful when you're are done. I hope we both will.
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