The Jobless me... :(

Recently have been having very “bad air” at home with the fact that I am jobless. Well, to admit it I cannot be really considered to be holding a permanent job which I can depend on for income.
During school term, I was a relief teacher, lucky enough to fit in my year’s worth of teaching hopping from school to school, and very much indeed pleasurable to be able to bag a few good schools into my resume or portfolio. Relief teaching is really good as it not only pays decently, it contributes to my CPF too; the only difference is that I do not have leave benefits, bonuses and medical allowances. Compared to any other part-time or temporary job, I would call this a good deal, plus it helps me work my way towards a teaching/ educating career which I had always dreamed of since I was in Kindergarten.

Beyond school time I am a math assistant instructor with the MPM math enrichment. I decided to stick to this supervising more than teaching job as I was really impressed by the materials. You can check it out at www.mpmmath.com , the children use manipulatives which they call toys and the questions are designed almost as if you were playing a game instead of doing math homework. I love the kids, especially when they smile about the own accomplishment of having discovered on their how to do the tasks on their workbooks. J This job doesn’t really pay well, simply because the requirement of an instructor is O levels but preferred to be A levels or Poly, but I am a degree holder. I cannot really blame them for paying me low as I chose to accept it, but people around me have been telling me that I am not work to my fullest market value.
Besides teaching math, I also perform music: the yangqin for mealtime entertainment. The job I have pays quite little too, but I was holding onto it due to the fact that it was a regular once-a-week affair, and I had been doing it since I was 18.

Maybe the little warfare that is beginning at home is signalling to me that it is time to re-consider my career options. Also with my new commitments in a new relationship which started in the middle of this year, I should behave more responsibly. Afterall, no one owes me a living, and no one is obliged to take me in as a dependant. However if given a choice, I think I will still want to stick to the education industry, as it gives me great pleasure seeing students rejoice over learning new things.

Hence, should anyone reading this have any comments, job opportunities, career advice etc, please feel free to either leave a comment or ask for my email. Thank you all so much. I am feeling really down.