To: tejek who wrote (566715 ) 5/17/2010 12:47:34 PM From: one_less Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1578452 I stand corrected... 'Not a suburb.' I can see how that changes everthing. <SARCASM>"Where did I say I was an expert? Oh right......you're making it up as you go along........AGAIN. Nope. In so many words you claimed that made you an authority, whether used the word 'expert' or not is immaterial. Feel free to play monkey chase the weasel if you want to but you'd be the weasel in that scenario and I don't want to be the monkey so find somebody else for that role."I was diagnosed with PTSD when I was there.....not after I left. " I can see how that changes everthing. <SARCASM>Apparently that didn't transition into an actual teaching job, make of that what you will. Uh.....pumpkin, teaching jobs are a little hard to find these days. You should know that...... Hard to find? Oh ... let me take a quick look... ah first link opens and says "New Jobs This Week Over the past seven days 1406 jobs have been posted." educationamerica.net Next ... Oh no this wont do. The Teacher Shortage in America (past two decades). According to the National Center for Education Statistics (2007), 8% of teachers changed professions during the 2003-04 school year and another 8% transferred to a different school.What 16% of the jobs came open each year? www.nationalforum.com/.../Flynt,%20Samuel%20Teacher%20Shortage%20in%20America.pdf · Here it is. A genuine authority. The Occupational Outlook Handbook Employment: Kindergarten, elementary school, middle school, and secondary school teachers, held about 3.5 million jobs in 2008. Employment change. Employment of kindergarten, elementary, middle, and secondary school teachers is expected to grow by 13 percent between 2008 and 2018, which is about as fast as the average for all occupations. That is 3.9 million with some new and 16% being re-opened each year. The NEA says they need more men too. Try again...