Anitya -- I dropped you a note below

The Association of Educational Therapists has several levels of membership. I think that my public school teaching will cover the 1500 hours. I am supervised, I just might need a supervisor to sign or write something. I may have to take another class or two, my local U.C. university has an educational therapy certificate program I may enroll in.

The reason people of my personality type leave teaching is not the system and red tape (but the paperwork burden could contribute), it is the people. Oops, don’t mean to offend, but the teachers who post around here are not TYPICAL. It is the lack of stimulation on the job.

I took a different personality assessment 25 years ago at my college placement office (I was already teaching and wanted a change). This was before the Myers-Briggs was even devloped. This test showed the same results; teaching was in that category of “these are the jobs where you will probably be the least happy” and scientific and research-oriented jobs were high on the opposite list.

So, excuse my ramblings, I like teaching children and I like the teachers I work with, I just don’t make my friends from this set of people, as a rule.

For what is worth, it seems to me that you have found ways to insert your research based interests into teaching. I am sure you benefit intellectually and your students do as well.

You remind me a bit of the audiologist who my son did Interactive Metronome with. The first time I watched I wondered how such an obviously smart woman wasn’t bored doing this program with kids. Then I realized that she was always constantly trying to figure out what he couldn’t do and why. Her own intellectual curiousity made what could be a routine job interesting.

Beth

Yes, that about sums it up. Now I just need a peer group to get together with over coffee or cards or whatever to discuss these issues and other intellectually interesting issues with. Elementary education people, on the whole, are not interested in spending their leisure time engaged in intellectual discussions. They just aren’t that kind people, they tend to often be more outgoing and socially inclined. But, when all is said and done, they are a GOOD group of people, usually willing to work hard and caring.

We have been trying to get together for a long time…I am still up at CSUF on Mon and Wed mornings…perhaps we can finally get together..

Patti, I would LOVE to get together. I am teaching summer school for four weeks, from 8:30-12:30.

I am subbing in Summer school so far my first day I will be doing an SDC preschool…they are so CUTE! 3 yrs to 4 years old… I will be up in Fullerton doing Adult Clinic through the end of July so maybe towards the end of July when you are done with Summer school we can meet for brunch..

Sounds great. I am doing 4th-5th grade and they start today. I can meet in late July for brunch most likely, though my daughter will be in H.S. summer school until August 2 and I do drive her. We’ll work something out, sometimes my husband is working at home.