Meeting

I had a meeting with my new Division of Rehabilitative Services counselor.  He seems like a good guy.  I don't hold out much hope that he can help make anything change.  He has a disability of his own.  This helps things because It is easy to see that he understands some of the challenges of working when you have a disability.  The economy is so bad however, I don't see anything in the future that he can help with.  I am going to talk with the people who manage my care.  My care provider needs to work 36 hours per week in order to keep her job.  I need to bring in income now.  My thought is I will try to sign up as a substitute teacher again.  I will stick to 3 schools if I can.  These schools are close to my home.

Substitute teaching is a tough gig.  You need to be semi organized.  I am not.  You need to have patience.  I do have some patience with kids who want to learn.  Most of the kids I remember are the ones who were just bad.  You know the ones who make fun just to see what you will do.  They hide in the places they know you can't get to or sit in the back and throw stuff knowing that you can't get to the back of the room with your chair.  I usually report that stuff.  Some schools have a good no tolerance policy with that kind of behavior.  If The student is in a writen report like that they automatically get ISS or In school suspention. Some schools don't care. The good thing about substituting is that each day is a new day and each class is a new challenge.  I hope that I can find something else before September.  If I do substitute, pray for me. I will need it