So in my eternal hunt for jobs, I came across a military academy in Pennsylvania that is looking for a history teacher. I would teach 6 sections of history and supervise my group of boys effectively from waking to sleeping every other day and every other weekend. Wait, what?!? How much of my time do they want, again? Yes, that's right. At a military boarding school, I would wake and go to sleep with my boys (roughly 30 of them) every other day and every other weekend. And eat all of my meals with them (though family could join me for Sunday brunch).
There are good and bad sides to this. The good side is that my inner daddy could still shine, though not to my own kids, but to a group of 30 boys living away from home during the school year. I would really enjoy helping my boys to grow inside and out as I cared for them. That's what every teacher should want, isn't it?
That said, I'm still a family man. While my housing would be paid for (up to 3 bedrooms, so my family likely couldn't expand any more unless we were going to put more than 2 in a room) and at least most of my meals, my family would get bored/lost quite quickly there. My wife called the ward's bishop's house and spent a while on the phone with his wife. It sounded as though they (a) could use some new blood and (b) would love to have a family join their ranks. That said, the nearest shopping is roughly 20 miles away, so it'd need to be sparingly used. Further, while there's an elementary school in the city, the high school is likewise a ways away. Our ward building would be just a couple of blocks away, but our stake is half an hour away and the temple is almost 3 hours away. ...and there's that family time thing that I wouldn't get, all while living in the dorms with my boys. Have you seen the movie "Glory Road?" Think that kind of housing situation, on a high school, I-might-not-want-to-be-here level.
I already turned in my application, but I'm considering withdrawing it, though it's a great opportunity for me. I also have to think about my family. How do I do both in this situation? What do you think?
Eighty
3 years ago