I’m not sure if I ever mentioned it, but back in my twenties before I got sick, I went to school with the ambition of becoming an English teacher. Finished everything except my last year, when I started getting sick.
Anyway, my mom’s boyfriend got a job at a learning center that helps elementary school kids. Basically the job is looking over their papers and providing feedback and correction. I’m a little nervous to work with kids since I haven’t really dealt with them in a long time, but I did grow up with two younger brothers (one 9 years younger than myself, the other 13 years younger) and I’m very, very good at proofreading.
Anyway, I can pull in 600 bucks a month with just two three-hour shifts a week. Work day is 4pm-7pm. They need someone intelligent with an education background who has time to spare. I told my grandparents and they said they’d help me get a car if it works out, so that I can have better transportation. My first day, which will be a training day, is a week from today.
It’s a small enough amount of money that I can keep my disability, but I’ll be able to save 100% of what I make since I’m basically treading water each month with disability.
Very cool. Sounds like a good start to get back into work and good you can have the backup of disability. I think it’s very much worth a shot and see how you go with it. Good luck.
I’m so excited, my mom just showed me the worksheets the students do and it’s 100% English, no math or science… It’s vocabulary, five paragraph essays, and reading comprehension. Students are grade 1-9 and shifts are three hours, 4pm to 7pm one or two days a week. I went to school with a major in English and a minor in Secondary Education, and was just like 8 or 9 credits short of graduating. However it’s still my area of expertise by far.
It’s late, so I can’t oversleep, it’s a short shift, so less risks of my sza causing problems at work… the pay is great, basically I can make the same money that I’d make working in a grocery store 40 hours a week. Also it’s low enough not to endanger my disability. It’s perfect. I’ll be really sad if something goes wrong but I’ll give it my best try.
The interview was delayed until this Thursday. I know someone who works there so I think the job is mine as long as I’m not grossly incompetent. Fingers crossed! There’s a large unemployment gap on my resume and my goal is to avoid mentioning schizophrenia at all.
