I have realized that today, and this one’s for the CCA OGs, it has been 20 years since I got hired in to work at CCA.
Do you guys remember getting that index card with your hire date on it when we get back to school from summer break? I want to say that I kept mine for a while and I memorized the date because they are 26 letters in the alphabet and I was hired to teach English!
So, 20 years ago today I got hired in to teach English and my teaching career did NOT work out how I envisioned it. MS had another thing to say about it I guess.
I only taught at one school for 12 years (5 English (got my masters degree) and 7 Reading) and it ended in injury, surgery and subsequenttermination. I did not see that one coming! I thought that I would teach until I was 65 and throw my manual wheelchair into my trunk.
Yeah, it didn’t work out like that. I know that there is a reason that Taylor Swift got engaged today but I’m never going to forget that. I’m not even a Swiftie. I am more of a country Taylor fan.
I do remember that when I got hired in, I drove home to our apartment and put my contract into the desk that was in the front entryway of our first apartment. I know that it’s still there as I stare at that same desk. I still have it because it’s paid for. I don’t want to see it, but maybe I’ll tell Sean about it for when I’m gone?