So I've kind of made a decision to go back to school. I am in the process of applying at SUU and hoping to get accepted. Most of the application process is complete and we are now just waiting for official transcripts to arrive from Dixie State. I have no idea if I will even be accepted. While I think I have the credits needed to get in I am not certain how many will actually count anymore. I took that semester of school off when Natalie was born... almost 15 years ago. Dang. I am going to go into elementary education with a focus in special education. I don't have the foggiest idea as to what that will look like in terms of years. My goal is to be done by the time I am 45, teach for 20 years and retire at 65. I think that could work. I could be teaching by the time Jack is in High School and Andy is in 7th grade. Natalie would be going on mission. This entire process may send me to an early grave, especially the math portion. Oh well, I'll do my best.
I always wanted to teach but I got a bit sidetracked when I looked at what teachers made and then began making three to four times that selling air conditioning. After having lived the 6 figure life for awhile and having lost about everything, I know that I can live off of less then what a teacher makes. Getting a teaching degree and a teachers salary and the benefits that come with it, I'll be living like a king. Perspective. It took me a while to get to this point and I'm still not sure how to pull it off and make it happen as a single dad of three. How to work and go to school and take care of three kids all at the same time, that just sounds exhausting. I'm already exhausted, what's a few more things to do everyday?
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