Well, I guess I'm NOT working in Guam. Yet another morning when the phone doesn't ring and I do NOT run off to babysit another classroom full of ignorant children. Don't mind me. I'm feeling a little negative this morning.

There was an article in the Tuesday PDN (Pacific Daily News) telling us that the Guam Public School System has sent a team of recruiters off island to find more teachers for the island. They will be at the MERC Education Career Fair in Boston on April 20, at the Minneapolis Convention Center on April 24 for the Minnesota Education Fair, at the Memorial Field House of Indiana University Of Pennsylvania on April 25 for the IUP Teacher Recruiting Fair, and at the Slippery Rock University Teacher Job Fair in Pennsylvania on April 27.

You know, there isn't a day goes by that there isn't some mention in the paper about how desperate the Department of Education is for teachers. There is a new educational initiative that will require the DOE to hire a lot of teachers very soon. They are sending recruiters off to the USA to find someone to educate these kids.

So, I have to ask the question. If DOE is so hard up for teachers WHY HAS IT TAKEN THEM 4 MONTHS TO PROCESS MY CERTIFICATION AND APPLICATION?