So, I had this dream a few weeks ago. I dreamt that I was down in Medford visiting my family, and while I was there, I stopped by a new bar with a few friends. The bar was awesome. It was like a vegas casino, right in little old Medford. The service, however, was not so great. Except for the owner. So, near the end of the night, I got into a conversation with the owner, and asked if she happened to be looking to hire anyone. She said that, yes, in fact, she was, and practically promised me a management position with good pay and benefits, if I moved back to Medford and started work immediately. This put me in quite the predicament. I needed to decide whether I would rather move back to Medford and take the career opportunity, or finish out my last year of school. I woke up before I decided.
Apparently, my dream was just a little bit of foreshadowing, because here I am, in the same predicament. I applied yesterday for a teaching position in a preschool. I never thought they would really give me a second look, but I thought it couldn't hurt to try. Turns out they did give me a second look, and wanted to interview with me this morning. Unfortunately, when the subject of my class schedule was brought up, we realized that there was no way I could take the job and take my planned class schedule at the same time. The director seemed to be really bummed out by it. She promised to put my application at the top of the pile in case anything part time opened up, but it was not likely, as their business hours are pretty much my class schedule. I kept thinking while I was driving home. This doesn't make any sense. I'm going to school to be a teacher. I was just practically offered a teaching position. And I have to turn it down.. so I can go to school.. to get the job I want.. which was just offered to me? Not to mention, in light of some recent financial events, I'm fairly certain that the only way I can go to school this fall is by taking out a nice fat loan, which I'm trying to avoid. Wouldn't it make sense, then, to take this job, even if only for a year, while saving up, and getting my financial aid in line? Maybe take online classes or night classes if I can afford them, but also get to work a full-time job, in my field? I mean, that work experience is going to take me so much further in my career than whatever minimum wage part-time food service job I could find to work around my schedule. It'll ultimately make me much more competitive for the Peace Corps. And I'm not talking about dropping out of school and never looking back. If I took the job, I would still finish, just more slowly, and with less debt and more experience than otherwise. Yes, part of me just wants to plow through and finish my degree, but taking the job seems to make so much more sense. I don't know what to do here.
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