ESL is a field of highs and lows. When it comes to the financial part of the job, though, I have to admit that it's mostly lows. I consider myself pretty good at managing money, but I've had some times when things have been ridiculously tight (I mean ramen-eating, heater-on-60, going-into-credit card-debt tight.) Now, don’t get me wrong. I have been blessed. I know that I am indeed getting paid more than I would working as a Walmart checker or doing some other minimum wage

I admit it. I'm a bit of a pack rat. I've always been that way and teaching kind of exacerbated things. When we got married, my husband was astonished (and somewhat dismayed) as I stacked bin after bin of teaching material into our tiny apartment. What amazed him even more, though, was my ability to wade through the piles which towered over us to find exactly what I needed when I needed it. So, how do I do it? Do I have an incredibly memory? No Do I have hours upon hours of