This is similar to me too. I tried to teach, and I just couldn't do it. I lasted 3 days as a 7th grade life science teacher, and the stress & anxiety nearly threw me in the psych hospital. I put in to be a substitute in my husband's school district (the largest around without going into Houston ISD; driving in Houston stresses me out so much). They are slow in checking with the TEA to get fingerprint info (not sure, I could be in the database and not need to be re-printed) and training videos. I am hoping they will complete things this next week. Failing that, I will be able to interview to be a cafeteria worker which doesn't pay as well as subbing the first few years, but that might pay more in the long run due to being a daily job. I just don't know how often the sub jobs come up. My husband says often at his school (it is the poorest of the poor high schools, pretty much all Hispanic) and in an unsavory area of town (actually in the city of South Houston, but the school is part of the Pasadena ISD system).

My daughter's school district (La Porte ISD) is actually starting this upcoming week on Wednesday, but my husband doesn't get his kids until the following Monday.