I.T. to Teacher

I sent in my application for the ITeachTexas alternative certification program. This isn't the one I was originally looking at. The benefit to this one is that it is all online so it doesn't matter if I'm in Houston or Chicago or wherever. Once I hear I'm accepted into the program I can start applying for a job next year at any school in Texas.

I'm still getting a lot of sub work at the only school I'm signed up at. I've only had 2 days off since I've been in Houston. I've subbed for just about everything except computers, oddly enough. I have a friend at a nearby public school who is going to help me get on the sub list there so I can get a taste of the public schools as well.

In study hall today (actual study hall class, not just a class with nothing to do) a kid made a comment I didn't hear to a girl he'd been bantering back and forth with. The rest of the class took what he said to be calling this girl (a cheerleader) fat. The girl didn't seem to care; it was just more banter. Coincidentally, this girl's turn to go to the bathroom came up so she left the room. Now everyone is thinking that she left the room crying because the boy called her fat. He protests saying that he made sure to qualify the comment so he wasn't calling her fat. I told him that once a girl thinks you've called her fat there's no amount of qualifying that will fix it. He responded, "Well she just needs to stop being so damn arrogant." Yeah, comments like that will help your cause. Keep digging.