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Tag Archives: jobs
A new season
It’s the beginning of a beautiful day. The sun is shining, the snow has melted, and I’m at home, waiting for my driving lesson to start in 45 minutes. After my last debacle with a teaching opportunity that went belly … Continue reading
Posted in All About Me, Books, Employment, Library, School, Teaching, Travel, Writing
Tagged college, creative writing, jobs, substitute teaching, supply teaching, work
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Welcome 2013!
So begins another year. Today is windy but sunny so we’ve decided to take a walk to shake off this cabin fever. The moment I got home from school on Friday the 21st, I felt weird. That evening I developed … Continue reading
Posted in All About Me, Books, Employment, Teaching, Writing
Tagged 2013, Cupcake Witches, fiction, jobs, New Year's, novel, work
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I’m my own boss and other things I’ve accepted
Palace Green @ Durham, England The leaves are changing and Fall is here. That means school is in session and I’m still at my computer. While this use to bother me greatly, I’ve finally accepted that what my job is, … Continue reading
Posted in All About Me, Books, Employment, Library, School, Writing
Tagged ebooks, high school, jobs, publishing, secondary school, self-publishing, substitute teaching, supply teaching, Teaching, unemployment, work
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Those “Lazy” Unemployed People
Newcastle University If I see or hear one more jab about these “lazy,” unemployed people, I’m going to scream! The other day I was talking on Twitter to someone about how we’re now the “moocher class” because all of us, … Continue reading
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Tagged benefits, job, jobs, librarian, teacher, unemployment, welfare, work
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These people have jobs and I don’t?
Olympic banners at Monument Not to name names, of course, but some of these teaching recruitment agencies really drive me nuts. One of the agencies, whom I really got an impression of professionalism and with-it-ness, ends up having the worst … Continue reading
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Tagged agency, England, jobs, Teaching, unemployment, work
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The Tales of Missus P. 