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Message: [QUOTE="husky429, post: 4401755, member: 6696"] I can't say you're wrong; I think this is maybe just a values difference. Or maybe semantics more than anything. My opinion isn't really about feeling bad or not... that's a secondary concern. It's probably inevitable to feel "bad." It's more "do whatever you can to support your career goals, mental health, and your family financially. Always. Regardless of who is negatively affected." I got a new job this school year as a quasi-administrator on the teacher contract, but was bumped up to top step for sixth-year. I got a call last Friday from the job I quit six months ago about coming back on a DSAP to be an assistant principal in 2 months. I don't feel "bad" about the move I mad, or potentially quitting a job after 4 months--I will have bumped my salary by 72,000$ in the last 6 months if the DSAP license goes through. I don't feel "bad" about either. That money means my wife can take a year maternity leave and to finish writing her second book; it means we can finally buy a house despite these god forsaken interest rates, and I can stop driving a car with 200,000 miles. I can travel in the summer without staying in rat-infested dumps. My wife can visit her brothers and sisters down south more than once a year if she wants. I can pay off my student loans. These are certainly all priveleges the vast majority of people don't have, but I'm not going to avoid pursuing more lucrative opportunities because I might feel bad or be a poor example for kids. I certainly will miss my coworkers and will do my best to ease the transition to life without me in the building, but I don't feel "bad." It will potentially be awkward as hell, though. [/QUOTE]

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