I think I'm finally starting to head in the right direction.
Which is good--I've been back for about five months now, working a little here and there.
But until fairly recently, no real direction.
But I did find something I was good at.
Teaching.
Or more specifically, tutoring (and even more specifically, people who've had difficulties learning).
It all started out when I began tutoring my younger brother (he's 11) at some of the religious studies he's having a little trouble on. That seemed to go well, and I made a connection with the right person here at the local Chabad school. Soon there was another student and then a third.
One of them wasn't religious studies, though, but rather Mathematics and English (both of which he needed a LOT of help with). This was (and currently, still is) my first 'official' (and hence tax-reported) job.
And...well...I know it sure doesn't sound modest, but I'm having some success at beating information into stubborn heads. (No, Lisl, I have not been using a mace! Although given the bone content of some of the heads, I likely should have...)
So right at the moment, I'm considering going into teaching in a more permanent way. (I even had one of my current collegues ask if I could possibly substitute for him at the end of the month--eep! I've got no classroom experience as of yet!) Fortunately, my years in Yeshiva and my Rabbinical Ordination are a BA-equivalent, just as soon as I can get the paperwork done on this side of the ocean. Then there's a convenient postgrad diploma (A DipEd, it's called over here--Diploma of Education. Dunno what the Stateside equivalent is.) which I can take for both techniques and official qualifications...
So...
Wish me luck!
P.S: Okay, Grissy, I've started posting again. Happy? ^_^
Posted by adam at August 23, 2004 04:15 AM