Me Nerves, Me Nerves

2 weeks from today and BEd classes are complete! Then it's a mere few days before taking off for Europe. Sitting in a pre-flight session now and starting to feel nervous/anxious/excited. Biggest lesson we keep hearing is be flexible and be prepared.

Job Fair

Nerve-wracking. 2 words. The cause of many headaches. This week is our job fair. 10 school boards from across Canada are coming and we are supposed to, according to our profs, "Smooze them" and get jobs. My concern is with the "smoozing". I feel like jobs as important as ones in the teaching field should be earned on merit, on credentials, on work ethic, on ability and desire to teach. Instead it appears to be a who you know and how well you bs system. Interesting.....