I want to echo Alix to say that I too had been going through the "lay-
off, part-time, multiple sites to have a full time job" life. I went
back to school and got my certification in English figuring that if
life was reduced down to the 3 R's, I would have two of them. I then
fenagled my way into actually teaching 2 courses in the English dept.
to accrue seniority there....long story short...I'm not going anywhere!