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Underpaid I'm in the wrong profession! Don't get me wrong. I love teaching. Here in CA, I need a college degree plus post-baccalaureate work to be full time in the classroom. That doesn't come cheap. And still, when I make my hourly rate, as I do teaching summer school, I make only $33/hour. Sounds like a good hunk of dough, right? Considering the dude who is going to paint my bumper will be paid $70/hour to do it...I think all that college work was for naught. I could competently paint a bumper, and without having all the student loans from my credential program to pay off. Hmmmmmmmm...... On the flip side, I still haven't spoken with John, the agent assigned by my insurance company. Ryan has. But, I was the one in the car and he needs to speak with me. Ryan told him personally, and I left on 3 messages, that I'm a teacher. I don't have phone access during the school day. Yes, there is a phone in my classroom, but I can't be sitting there conducting personal business on it while my students twiddle their thumbs. I've told him what time I get home, but the man leaves all his messages around noon or 12:30 anyway. Weird. I did get to speak with her insurance agent today, though. Entertaining little story she spun. Apparently I stopped quite abruptly to pull into the parking lot. Only, the thing is, it was only the second time I was on that road. And, knowing that I was unfamiliar, I signaled and started slowing down the moment I saw the park sign. Which was early. Definitely not an abrupt stop. I let her agent know that a) there are no skid marks on the road (mine or hers) to show that anyone stopped abruptly, b) even if I had, she still must have been driving too close if she hit me, and c) of course she'd say that...it may even seem to her that I did stop too quickly...however at the scene she claimed responsibility to me by saying, "I'm so sorry. I looked down for a second and when I looked up, there you were." Her insurance agent told me flat out that people feel the need to make excuses when they are at fault and that it seems to her as if they will be accepting full responsibility. Gee, ya think? But, it's not official yet, of course. She also let me know that I can expect more than just the $15 I spent at Kaiser back, too. Good. Perhaps it will make up for all the hours I've lost sleeping while on the muscle relaxers and not taking care of my house or paying attention to my kids. Not that any amount can really make up for it, but some cash won't exactly make me feel bad. And, the estimate... She chose the wrong car to hit. I'm PMS-ing and too poor to ignore even an extra $10/day. How sad for her... past | future0 comments Listening to: Reading: Eating/drinking: Do what to me?!? - April 24, 2007 Wicked funny websearch - April 05, 2007 Trot out the dogs 'n ponies - March 31, 2007 Almost done... - March 20, 2007 Who am I? - March 12, 2007 READ ME |