After I graduated in 1994, teaching positions were difficult to find so I was a substitute teacher for one year before I was able to obtain a teaching job. I was certified in Speech and Drama so let this be a lesson to anyone wanting to go into the teaching biz...make sure you are certified in other areas to cover your rear! The location of the school that offered me my first teaching job was in a tiny little town called Alton. If hindsight were 20/20, I would have been a little more patient because when I was offered the teaching position, I had two more offers come in right after that first one and they were in El Paso, Texas and the other one was right here in my hometown of Kansas City - Independence School District. ( OUCH! ) But, no…I felt like I made a verbal agreement to teach in Alton. ( Yes, it's in Missouri and No, I'm not making this up...it really is a town. ) So Jaimee, I and the four girls all packed up and moved to West Plains. ( There were some famous people t...