So, I keep seeing from the district leadership.
Yes, I know it is a difficult job. But you should have known this before you took the position. Let's face it, most people and I am serious when I say this, go into administrative positions not because they are not there to help the kids of the Independent School District, but rather to improve their fortunes.
Those of us, who COULD have chased the almighty dollar yet stay with the kids because, well, it's where we can actually do some good, and some of us actually LIKE teaching 17-18 year old people. And some of us actually feel it is where we are called to be.....A poor paying, small district, in the middle of no place.....
Not because we are from there, are because the salary they are offering is better than the last berg I was working at.
It is another reason why I did not go into the ministry. So much of it is moving from one place to another, seeking an even larger paycheck. You rarely if ever see a clergyman move to a poorer paying church. Southern Baptist preachers are notorious about doing this.....
And sometimes where you wind up is hard. You wonder if you are going to survive. You often look in the mirror that first couple of years, tying that perfect "Cravat" trying emulate George Bryan "Beau" Brummell.
And it somehow comes together.....
Other times, in an act of desperation, you seek Jesus in what seems to be a time of disconsolateness .....Folks, don't wait to go there....Go there and stay talking to the Divine. It's why I get up every morning at 4AM and have intercessory prayer.
Sometimes you are not where you are supposed to be, and we do not realize it until we are there.
I seriously wonder how many times serious prayer is done before these moves. I know I almost didn't go to Buna several different times and events just kept happening to send me to South Jasper County.
Sometimes it is time to retire/ move on in life, especially if in desperation we are using prayer, scripture to help us mentally, and that should have been done first.....Not in a time of despair.
- Even though we are in a period of anti-college, there are still positions when require a university degree. I know the corporations in which my children find themselves employed require bachelor's if not a master's degrees from institutions of higher learning that even gaining acceptance is quite difficult.
While businesses like Exxon-Mobil, Chevron, Conoco-Phillips appreciate a Lamar University graduate, there are many other international businesses who have not a clue who or what we are. Even outside of the oil patch in Texas the school isn't well known. And I blame to a certain extent Lamar graduates themselves, but that's another story for another time. ( Trust me, when I was in graduate school with Baylor, A&M, UT, Tech, LSU, OU grads, I beat their brains in knowledge-wise, and academics. And often did so with great relish. BUT, again, that's another story....For another day. )
So, Kerry, Kerry Don, Govteach, Mr. Thomas....Where we going here?
With the latest scores Buna ISD made, it makes it harder for Buna graduates to get into harder colleges, better known more prestigious universities, and trust me, there are people in Buna want their kids to attend these schools.
And when a university acceptance committee looks at potential academic's applications, the high school they attended is a pretty big deal. ( I know when Reid went to the University of Texas' Business School they looked at LCM and what was going on there.)
If a school is making a "D" trust me, the applicant from that school is questioned in committee....."Do they have a rigorous enough academic background to do well at this institution?" And many times, the committee answers...."No."
Another reason people outside the ISD looking for a nice quiet town to move to in which their kids can get a good academic background a school OTHER than Lamar...Or McNeese?
Just something else to be concerned about Buna.
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