Where I will be in 1 year...

"Predict where you will be in one year with your technology skills and what you will be doing with technology in the classroom"

"Predict." I don't want to predict my future. The future is so random. Honestly, you never really know what is going to happen. A million different things could happen to me between now and a year from now, so I will not even make an attempt to guess which of those million possible outcomes will be the correct one. I don't like that idea. Instead, I will write about what I hope for the future. 

The first thing I would like to happen is to not be working for CRT by this time next year. I was so excited to get this job, but it's been almost 5 years and a part of me feels stuck there. Which is why I am getting this degree, to help give me the motivation and qualifications to get out of this company. I think, in general, CRT is a good company. I think we do a lot of good for the community and the people as well. We provide many different ways to assist the lower income people in and around the Hartford area. We offer a multitude of services, such as housing, free taxes prep, free and reduced cost early care and education, plus many more. The problem is that I don't feel "taken care of" as an employee. It feel like they (the CRT higher ups) can do whatever they want to us (the low members on the CRT totem poll). CRT is currently being audited by the government because there is some issues with payroll. A person who retired several years ago, and currently lives in Florida is on the payroll and makes more than $100,000 / year. That's a TON of money, especially from a Non-profit agency, especially for being retired and not even living int he state! I get frustrated when I hear things like this, and it makes me feel like I need to get out of this company before the ship sinks. 

So, I hope that within a year I will have a job (preferably) within the public schools. I love working with preschoolers, so in an ideal world, I will be able to get a preschool aged job with in a public school system. In that (ideal) classroom, I would be able to put these skills (that I am learning) to good use. I will have a SMART Board, and be able to show the children the many wonderful aspects of the internet (such as watching animated videos I created, or other Web 2.0 sites). 

That's my biggest hope for my (professional) future, getting a better job. Really, that's my only hope.