What's Your Occupation?

[Steve Epley]

A lowly pastor.

[berkeley]

Originally Posted by Daniel Alicea

Public school teacher - Middle School ... entering 10th year.

[Blubayou]

Retired Elementary School Principal

Originally Posted by Hesetmefree238

I thought it would be interesting to find out who does what on the forum.
I'm a Financial and Investment Advisor. I work for Edward Jones Investments.

Event Coordination~golf course ......:sshhh

Before I was forced on disability because of becoming legally blind, I was a Certified Nursing Assistant for over 25 years. I spent the last 2.5 years of my working career programming cell phones for Nextel. We had moved to a new area and the pay for a CNA was way lower than what was used to. And, I had decided that I needed a change. It was a nice change and I did enjoy it. But you did not ask for an essay, so I will hush and let someone else post now.

[lisafitzh2o]

Originally Posted by Daniel Alicea

Public school teacher - Middle School ... entering 10th year.

WOW...my prayers are with you DAILY.

I spent 7 years teaching in the public school system and just couldn't take the NCLB *#@! any more. I was in an inner-city school -- tutored kids before school, worked through my lunch hours, tutored kids after school, ate-lived-and-breathed TCAP preparation. When I got my test results I was excited because I had kids who came into my class at the beginning of the year in the 7th percentile who scored in the 40th percentile....only to get fussed at because they didn't score at least 50th. I'm looking at the principal almost in tears saying, "Does nobody care how far these kids came in one year?" and he calmly tells me that Central Office doesn't really care how far they've come, only if they scored at least 50. My teaching ability was judged by the scores of these students.

So now I'm the principal of a private Christian school....I traded one whirlwind for another. In public school, the parents I worked with never showed up, didn't care how their kids were doing. CHRISTIAN parents, on the other hand, can gripe and complain like NOOOOBODY else! :sshhh

[Scott Hutchinson]

Sister Lisa do you belong to one of the Church of Jesus Christ church groups in TN ?

[lisafitzh2o]

Originally Posted by Scott Hutchinson

Sister Lisa do you belong to one of the Church of Jesus Christ church groups in TN ?

No, I'm UPC, but we do fellowship with them.

It's weird...for so many years there was this invisible line that you didn't cross...the church groups didn't fellowship. But now there seems to be a different generation coming up who actually enjoy getting together. I'm glad of that. These people were planning on spending eternity together but couldn't get along down here on earth. Strange, huh?

This little town that I live in (@ 50,000) reportedly has 47 Apostolic churches! You're bound to see SOMEONE who's holiness every time you go to the store. And yet nobody would speak.

[berkeley]

:::Fitzwater:::::

Originally Posted by lisafitzh2o

No, I'm UPC, but we do fellowship with them.

It's weird...for so many years there was this invisible line that you didn't cross...the church groups didn't fellowship. But now there seems to be a different generation coming up who actually enjoy getting together. I'm glad of that. These people were planning on spending eternity together but couldn't get along down here on earth. Strange, huh?

This little town that I live in (@ 50,000) reportedly has 47 Apostolic churches! You're bound to see SOMEONE who's holiness every time you go to the store. And yet nobody would speak.

This is an example of life in TN, Bro. Hutchison.