Gypsy Teacher: "Every Wednesday?!" The Journal of a Teacher in Search of a Classroom

Author Robert Parker’s wife: “Wait—they’re going to pay you an obscene amount of money to show up once a week and teach one class on Wednesdays. And you don’t know whether you should take the job?!” Parker: “Yeah, but every Wednesday…?!” On Christmas, 2002, I wrote, “As of tomorrow, I will no longer be employed full-time.” And so began a full year of blogs, posted on blogger.com from Wednesday, December 25, 2002, through Wednesday, December 24, 2003. Planned as a chronicle of an unemployed academic, it evolved to include My Irish Husband Tony, a wedding in France, two kittens, the Bahamas, family photos, and James Joyce. Taken together they chronicle a pretty interesting year. I hope you enjoy reading them. I sure enjoyed writing them. And I’d love to know what you think: [email protected]