NCDR: I finally got a job.

StellarStina26

Yay me!  Not the ideal type thing, but with both my boyfriend and I being unemployed.  I take what I can get.

I will be a bartender in a country bar (town population of 91).  Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays.

I kind of like it because in the fall it won't interfere with substitute teaching.  I have a Bachelor's in Broad Field Social Studies Education.  I applied for three teaching positions... one had 270 applicants, another had 154 applicants, and the third I haven't heard back from yet.

I kind of like the idea of having a job with tips... more tips means more diapers.  Haha. 

cdep1

Yay for you! I hope people tip you well. My brother takes home more than I do bartending, though he doesn't have benefits. 

MnM7608

If it makes you feel better, one of the social studies jobs I applied for had 347 applicants!  

ETA:  I forgot to say congrats!   

KERJF

Congrats!!

I always loved my jobs best when tips were involved - it was always my "free" spending money and my actual check went towards "important issues". 

Im a SAHM for the time being (and a volunteer firefighter but I dont rely on that for any sort of money since its paid out once/yr) but I would actually LOVE to bartend in one of our two town's bars - we are also a really small city - about 1 sq mile!

StellarStina26

MnM7608:

If it makes you feel better, one of the social studies jobs I applied for had 347 applicants!  

ETA:  I forgot to say congrats!   

Holy crap.  I keep telling myself that when there are that many applicants that there are plenty of people who are better than me... IE they have their master's or have teaching experience.  I only have my student teaching and 3 years of subbing under my belt.  I cried when I get the rejection letter... but for ten minutes and tell myself to be realistic. 

laxchick60

Congrats! (coming from a fellow teacher) any job is better than no job so I'm glad you found something while schools out

Kimmy1836

Yay! Congrats on the job

SarahC720

Awesome!

His(1&only)wife

Congrats!!!!

moussy

Ahhhh small town bars. You'll know everyone's poison in a week or two! Congrats ( and hope you like country music

amberry

Teacher by day, bartender by night.  Hehe, I like it!  Congrats!

MnM7608

StellarStina26:

MnM7608:

If it makes you feel better, one of the social studies jobs I applied for had 347 applicants!  

ETA:  I forgot to say congrats!   

Holy crap.  I keep telling myself that when there are that many applicants that there are plenty of people who are better than me... IE they have their master's or have teaching experience.  I only have my student teaching and 3 years of subbing under my belt.  I cried when I get the rejection letter... but for ten minutes and tell myself to be realistic. 

Lol...I have my masters and 4 years of teaching experience, and I didn't even get a courtesy letter...just an email telling me how many applicants they had! 

bethandjoe09

Congrats!  I'll bet you wind up with some good stories bartending.

StellarStina26

Thanks everyone!

I do like country music.  By dog and house sitting this weekend I am missing out on Star Spangled Celebration in the town I live now.

I keep brainstorming what I can do with my BFSS degree that would be fun besides teaching.  Like design Museum displays?  Write Trivial Pursuit questions?  What a wonderful life. 

sweetpea18

Yay for a job with tips If you ever consider relocating, Texas pays their teachers well I have a friend that has her degree in education and history. She couldn't find a teaching job, so she went to work at a hotel. She has worked her way up the ladder and is now a manager of some sort. She laughs because the university that we went to has a really good hotel/resturant management program but her degree is in education.

kittycatg12

Congrats on getting a job. Before becoming a teacher, I waited tables in a restaurant. I made more in the restaurant than I did my first year teaching. I still miss that job sometimes. It is alot of fun!

yodasmistress

That actually seems like a fun job to me!  Congrats and good luck! 

beckerella

Congrats! Hope you have fun with it!

ananas19

Congrats! Sounds like it should be a fairly entertaining job, so that's good! And if your patrons get unruly you just call the sheriff, as a teacher you'd have to deal.

veruca5839

Congrats!