School Year – 2009

I have avoided blogging for the school year of 2009 mostly because it has been the school year that hasn’t.  What do I mean by that?  Well the hustle bustle of finding a full-time ELA position quickly downgraded to becoming any position when Joel Klein (the commissioner of NYC public schools) reiterated that the NYC hiring freeze was not going to be lifted anytime soon.  So, despite any position that I “had” there was now way around the freeze.

Making things far worse, the excess of excessed teachers creates a situation where some schools have on hand 2 or 3 teachers that can be used as substitutes for coverages and such.  Thus eliminating the need for Subcentral to call me in the morning.  As of now (late October,) I have only worked 2 days this school year.  Thus, the changes I make towards the theme and outlook of this blog are definitely going to be along the lines of “Living on a Prayer.” Yes, the song by Bon Jovi.  You’ll see what I mean.

-Chester Kent.