Wednesday, July 23, 2008

I'm Without Value...

in the eyes of the department of education. Being at home raising children for 7 years has caused me to be unable to get my teaching certification re-activated. I've spent years now chasing my tail, tied up in red tape. I did not bother to get my 5 year professional certificate after my 2 year temporary certificate expired because I was at home, and moving out of the state of Florida. That fateful decision rendered me un-certifiable in GA and now in TX. I know of no other profession where your education becomes useless because you didn't fill out renewal papers.

I was moping around all afternoon, feeling like a person who is devoid of all value. Then, my boy looked at me like this...and suddenly, how the department of education looked at me...didn't really matter anymore.

4 comments:

Jordan said...

what a cool guy....

superherotrainer said...

sorry and what a cute baby. Why will TX not give it to you? Can't you just take their tests and get it? I have never bothered to get mine in TX, but I'm thinking about seriously looking into it now.

Erika said...

It all hinges on the fact that my FL certificate was not standard. It was the initial 2 year that you have to get before you get your 5 year normal certificate. I could either go through the process from scratch using my B.A.E. in Special Ed and starting out as a new teacher...in which case I would have to get temporary certification AGAIN and then teach full time, before getting my normal certification here. Or some other similar method like people who are becoming teachers from other fields.

So the problem is that...unless I want to go back to work full time, I can't be certified. I don't want to go back to work. I just want to have a valid certificate so that I could go back to work, if I wanted to. It's a Catch 22.

pam said...

that is a darling boy...