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First Day at Work...

       Well after a month or so searching for work, I have found a part-time job as a store clerk or cashier at The Family Dollar in the town where I live. It's not exactly what I wanted, because I wanted full-time, but it's not really that bad. I worked an 8 hour shift today, mostly training, filling out paperwork, and getting to know my co-workers. I enjoy ringing customers up on the cash register, and connecting with people in a different, yet new way. On the other hand, I do not like standing on my feet for 8 hours. I have never really done well with standing for a long period of time, but I know that I will eventually get used to it. My co-workers are very different, and very interesting, and I look forward to getting to know them better.
       It just kills me, because I know what I want to be doing: teaching! I know that I am a good maybe even excellent teacher, even though I do not have a lot of experience. But I will never get experience if no one gives me a job! It is an oxymoron! I would love to be at the local high school right now, teaching amazing, bratty, and funny 9th and 10th graders. It would make me so incredibly happy, but apparently I am not experienced enough to teach in the same classroom that I student taught in! Oh well, in about a month or so I will be applying to graduate school, and once I am in I will be going to graduate school to become a library media specialist! Then I will have two ways to getting into schools to teach: teacher or media library specialist! That is what I am looking forward to, this year is just a working year for me!

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