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[sorcyress]

After you take the taxes out of my salary, the money I am living off of is a little less than minimum wage. Seriously. Fifty dollars for a seven hour day is 7.14, a whopping dollar and eleven cents less than I made making coffee at Dunkers.

But you know what happened today? I was outside, walking away from the building, and I ran into the mother of one of my recent month-long-third-graders. And she was effusive and bubbly and told me how much her child had enjoyed my presence, and how impressed she was by the things she'd seen (like me giving flashcards to the students at the end of the day, to practice their multiplication and division). We talked for about half an hour, I (to her delight) invited myself to join her in putting together a little math activity fair for the third and fourth graders, she was pleased to hear of my recent job prospects. She thanked me, profusely, for what I had done.

And damn if that didn't feel good. The student was one of my quieter ones, always good at putting in effort and getting things done. I was thrilled to hear that they had enjoyed my presence, thrilled to hear from a parent that I had caused a positive thing to happen in her child's life.

Because that's what I'm here for.

A thousand dollars a month makes it hard to meet rent, but I am changing people's lives for the better and you cannot put a price on that. And you cannot wipe this smile off my face, because damn, it feels good to be this awesome.

~Sor
MOOP!

Comments

[harena]

I'd say you earned Waaaaay More than a mere $1.11 ;)

. o O (You see why I fail at the maths? You weren't my teacher ;D)

*hugglebugglewuggles the Awesome DarlySor*

[mindways]

That's awesome. I can't stop grinning. :)

[nocturnalrites.livejournal.com]

Job satisfaction + giving back to the world = priceless.

Teaching is a tough, stressful, exhausting and utterly exhilarating job. I loved my kids and I loved that I taught in a place where so few others wanted to go. I only wish I could have earned enough to afford to stay more than three years.

Good for you!

[whimmydiddle.livejournal.com]

I am happy to read this.

[majordomo.livejournal.com]

Hooray! I'm glad that not only do you have students who like you, but you also have parents of students who like you -- and you're able to do your job and teach them useful stuff while they like you. It's like the trifecta of educational awesome.

... now they just need to hire you full-time so's they can pay you right proper. (Crossin' fingers ... though it's very hard to type this way!)

[macaroniandtuna.livejournal.com]

Good for you!