My poor blog.

I neglect it like a red-headed stepchild. Actually, I was ready with some real vitriol aimed at my current employer, but I thought it wise to wait until I landed a new job before spewing forth. Well, I got the new job. I start in May. I must simply finish up 5 weeks in what has become one of the worst jobs of my life. I would still elect the hardware store I worked at for one summer as the worst, but that was simply part-time so I don't know if it's comparable. The 'New Nova' makes the old one look like paradise on earth. A shortage of teachers (who would work for these guys of their own accord?) has lead to five person lessons becoming the norm. The students are some of the more miserable ones who have become terminal learners - seeing Nova as a means and an end in itself. The conversation lounge bristles over with more of the same. It is like some bizarre teaching purgatory. On top or which, the company still hasn't given most teachers veritable contracts and those wanting to take paid (or unpaid) holidays best look to the next bankruptcy as their best chance.