This site is a class blog space for new Career and Technical Specializations and Heathcare Science teachers enrolled in the New Teacher Institute (NTI) at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia.
Monday, September 13, 2010
Open Mic
I am very glad to have made the choice of pursuing the teaching profession. However, it takes some adjusting at times from being "your own boss". If I needed a piece of lumber, all I had to do was just get in my truck, and off to the hardware store I went. Now it is, fill out this form, wait, wait, and wait. I know now the trick is to order from the previous year in advance. Which made it hard to do the first year. I can tell, it will get easier as the years go on! I enjoy passing on what I have learned through out the years of being in the profession, and watching them "get it".
I understand what you are saying. Waiting on supplies can be such a headache with all the paper work. I am afraid our supplies will become more scarce with cutbacks in the systems. I spent so much of my own money on products and materials the first year. I was so impatient. I didn’t want to delay a lesson just because I didn’t have an item. And it is extremely difficult to get reimbursed. I learned some costly lessons. But I have some nice tax deductions.
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