A real job????

How old are you?

Try Bartending and/or waiting tables.

I did both and if you can make good tips then you can work less than 40 hours/week and have more time and rest for training.

I am 29, but I am out of the bar thing. You are right this a good job hour wise and the mony is good. But the smoke and late night/weekend schedule is still pretty bad for me, especially, when I start racing again. Thanks for the thread though, maybe a daytime bartender or something.

what's your educational background

Educational background (school and degree) as well as work experience are going to play a big role in what is available.

I was working for a Continuing education company for the last couple of years, however the funny thing is that I have not had time to get back into school myself.

1)B.A. History (U.S.)

2)Minor in P.E.

3)15 hours towards a masters in Education

And many other skills.

School UNC on the Hill

Move to a state or area that is in need of teachers and has an "alternative certification program." These programs allow someone with a college degree not in the field of education to work as a full-time teacher while working toward certification. Many rural and urban districts in New Mexico, Arizona and Nevada have these programs because they really need teachers.

How about lawn mower jockey.....

elvis lives in vegas and ran for Idaho State University.

history teacher. probably for elementary school or high school. hours are not that bad, you get off around 4 at the latest and you won't be on call the whole time. you can probably double as a p.e. coach. i think they'll take you.

Teaching is definitely the way to go, as long as you aren't in it for the money ('cause there ain't none!) I teach at a Montessori school from 8am-3pm, leaving me with afternoons and weekends free (if you don't count my duties as a mother/wife). I'm not sure where you live, but as long as you maintain a modest lifestyle, the income is sufficient for a single person, even here in the Bay Area.

My neighbourhood needs a new paper delivery guy - no damn paper again this morning - that's twice this week! If you run the whole route, you can get in a good hilly workout.

oh, nice. i used to go to montessouri when i was little. heheh. bay area living is expensive... my private high school is $21,000 a year :(

No papers to correct.

just pay some kid five bucks, and i bet you he'll grade ur papers for a week or so.

Calbear,

What are the requirements to teach at a Montessori school? Are they looking for a certain type of person or background? I am not worried about money, I am considering a mover to the Denver area to cut expenses living with a friend. Also the training there should be pretty good with Boulder and the Springs in driving distance. I want to give running a 100% try. I do not want to have any regets later in life. I life with regrets is not a life lived. I have reserved myself to being poor through 2007, to see what kind of damage I can do. As long as I can make 1100 dollars a month, I will not be homeless or starve. Thanks for your help.

PS Pete thank you I might take up a paper just to get in some good crosstraining!!!

Both of my sons went to a Montessori school for a year or two. At ours school, teachers started off as aides at the school. Once they'd done that for a while and were judged to have learned the Montessori method they were given Montessori certification and could become a full-fledged teacher.

Another thought: You have savings that will hold you six months and 15 credits toward a master's in education, you say. IS going back and finishing the M.Ed a possibility? This might be a good time to finish, then you can get some sort of cushy administrative job in a school system and have school hours for training.

Elvis,

In order to be a head teacher in a Montessori classroom, you do have to complete a certification program, which varies in length depending upon where you take it. However, teaching assistants do not always have to have Montessori training - it depends on the school. Strict Montessori schools tend to want their entire staff to be trained in the methods of Maria Montessori. But there are some, like my school, where assistants may have no training, but are hired for other qualities. For instance, my assistant has no formal Montessori training, but attended a Montessori school from K-8, and graduated from UCLA with a double-major in Education and Music. He could have gotten a job that pays better, but he wanted his afternoons free as he is currently working on a children's music album and also runs a children's theater. Needless to say, he brought a lot to the table that none of the other candidates for his position could match, even the Montessori trained ones. And he makes $1400/mo while working from 8am-1pm every day (from what I hear, though, our school pays better than most comparable schools in the area). Definitely good hours for someone like yourself who wants adequate time to train while generating enough money to live on. Don't just look at Montessori schools though. Most good schools will hire someone with a B.A. to be an assistant without certification, although they may require concurrent enrollment in a certification program.

How about Massage Therapist?