Thread: SO where is the grass greener for you?

I sometimes have these fantasies where I go back to school, get my phD, and wind up as a college professor complete with the jacket with leather-patch elbows. Or, sometimes I have this odd urge to open my own garage, and make my living fixing cars at usurious rates. Sometimes I scold myself- "you should have went into the military..." And then there is the part of me that wanted to be a comic-book illustrator. So far this semester, things have been pretty good, so I've not been having too many jump-ship thoughts. But I know where you are coming from.

The grass is sometimes green where the second hand bookstore is...if I also won the lottery so I didn't really care whether or not the bookstore did well or not. I would also have a little coffee/tea/scone corner and have a monthly book club where I got to choose the book we discussed. I don't dislike my class this year (which is not to say that I LIKE them but I don't dislike them enough to hate my job) so I haven't thought about this in a while.

The foothills of mountains by a lake. Maybe NW Arkansas or North Carolina.
Water to boat, kayak, fish.
Four seasons, but no severe winters.
A "green" community.
GrennBunny's bookstore nearby.

oh, I have lots of ideas...one of the higher status schools where the students are if not interested in the subjects, then at least in getting good grades.

Or, having a lot of friends with food allergies, although I have none myself, I often think someone should open a café that is completely nut-free, and where there are many options for the lactose intolerant, and not everything is filled with apples etc...

Or, being a somewhat larger woman, a clothes shop with nice clothes for me and my sisters with larger sizes. I don't like brown 3person tents with large orange flowers, never have, never will...

that's just a few...problem is most of my ideas are at least as hard work as teaching, so I think I'm not going to do anything about them...

For me, the grass is greenest right in my own classroom. I'm in my 43rd year, and I don't look forward to retirement (although I seem to enjoy 4 day weeks and summer more than I did in my early years.) Remember, the first 40 years are the toughest!

I have visions of owning my own bookstore . . . one of those off-beat little numbers with plenty of places to sit and read books. Oh, and I have to have a cat or two roaming around . . . and since this is my own little dream world, I won't be allergic to the cats either.

My husband will have become famous with his music, and he will be traveling all over performing. I will take the occasional trip to see him perform, and the rest of the time I will spend his money on purses, shoes, and clothing . . . clothing that I will buy from the "fashionable clothes for larger women" store.

I just want to teach high school math somewhere in the San Antonio area. That will reduce my monthly income by about 2K a month, and will probably be better for my physical health, and maybe my mental health, if there is such a thing. I ain't doin' much now except wasting the federal taxpayer's dollar, with the blessings of the Defense Department.

Hey Roy - the Brooks Academy of Science & Engineering is looking for math teachers for next year: [url="http://www.brooksacademy.org/employment.php"]http://www.brooksacademy.org/employment.php[/url]

Roy, we'll have at LEAST three openings at my school as several of my colleagues finally take the plunge into retirement.

I don't really play the grass is greener game. I do wish for more money, but I really love what I do (most days).