Maybe this is a wacky post. This part of August should be about encouragement. But this is another version of the eclipse post from a few days back. Sometimes we have to seize moments. Not everything can be done tomorrow.

Do you love your job? This post is not for you. But if you kind of like your job or are beginning to have serious doubts… or if you have even reached the point where you want to hand the current administration cursed objects to make them go into hiding in Omaha for no reason, then I want to reach you.

Any principal out there who has a position posted is desperate. I got my first job teaching in late August. I was hired to teach Spanish even though I had done my student teaching in high school mathematics. But I had the Spanish credits and I was able to conduct a conversation in Spanish with the head of the bilingual department, who did not need a math teacher, but had a scary hole in his Spanish schedule. Two temporary principals shook my hand and the deal was done. I did another August change years later, when I took a bilingual position in August. No committees, no lengthy interviews. One man determined I appeared sane, healthy and probably able to speak Spanish — even though he could not check this — and I was hired again with a handshake and a deep, relieved sigh.

The next few weeks are a great time to look for work. You never have to take a position you do not want. Why not see what is out there?

Carpe Diem!!