{"id":68,"date":"2017-06-18T23:22:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-18T23:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tameri.com\/wordpress\/autisticme\/?p=68"},"modified":"2023-11-26T16:31:49","modified_gmt":"2023-11-26T22:31:49","slug":"the-career-that-wasnt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tameri.com\/autisticme\/2017\/06\/18\/the-career-that-wasnt\/","title":{"rendered":"The Career that Wasn’t"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I was an undergraduate, my goal was to teach high school<\/a> photography<\/a>, yearbook, and newspaper<\/a>. If I could undo the last 27 years of my career… I would. In a heartbeat. Accepting a job that seemed right changed my life and took me away from that path. The right path would have been to work towards clearing my teaching credential and remaining in a temporary post at the time. Accepting a full-time job teaching and working on the clear credential was logical\u2026 but the job itself was lousy.<\/p>\n

Instead of teaching high school for the last three decades, I ended up trying to make my skills work, somehow, from job to job. But, I always long to be back at the high school, teaching photography and media arts<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The disappointment in myself doesn’t fade. I should have made that lousy (abusive) job work long enough to clear my credential and do what I wanted. At this point, I would have been racking up the years towards retirement.<\/p>\n

Instead, I eventually<\/strong>\u00a0went after the MA<\/a>, Ph.D, and MFA<\/a> all with the goal of teaching full-time. \u00a0I\u2019ve had one full-time, tenure-track<\/a> post, and it was as bad as the high school job that I left. Another bully for a supervisor. What is it with bullies and education? Too many abusive K12 teachers, which saddens me. Had the first TT post worked out well, I\u2019d have met the six-year milestone this year and be somewhat secure.<\/p>\n

The consistent barrier to long-term success in a post is my social skills<\/a>, or lack thereof. It’s the way colleagues (especially supervisors) run over me and get me to do their work. It’s many things. Too many.<\/p>\n

All I wanted to do in life was teach and write.<\/p>\n

At best, I’ll be writing away in my basement, hoping to make something happen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When I was an undergraduate, my goal was to teach high school photography, yearbook, and newspaper. If I could undo the last 27 years of my career… I would. In a heartbeat. Accepting a job that seemed right changed my life and took me away from that path. The right…<\/p>\n

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