I don't work for a school district any more. I taught high school for two years - it was not for me, which they apparently realized last spring when they told me they would not renew my contract because it wasn't in the best interest of the district. I had never been written up or even called into the office to be reprimanded. I never got a real answer from the district as to why I was let go. So...that was another opportunity to feel bad about myself - I failed.

I work for Del Mar College - part time, contract labor, adjunct. We adjuncts are not eligible for health care. I will be unemployed at the end of the semester. I won't know if I have any classes in the Fall until a few days before class starts. It's a nightmare, but corporate America has no use for someone who has been teaching college for 10 years. I've had full time college jobs, but not in this area. We move, my husband can't stand to live anywhere but Corpus, so we move back and I'm unemployable again.