Well, I'll remind you that all this came down on Friday (was it Friday...late last week, at any rate). So, it's not like I've been shirking anything quite yet.

I've got two choices - look for a different job that may be a bit more fulfilling for the short term while I pursue a teaching degree.
Or accept the consequences of my choices and stick it out here, accepting that I'll be bored most days.

I'll be calling placement agencies today over lunch.

Look - I'm cavalier and I have a shitty work ethic, but I'm not going to get Monte in financial trouble simply on a lark. What you and James see as irresponsibility is simply me refusing to be afraid because the word "fired" was uttered to me. It's not the first time it's happened and I reacted the same way last time - whistling past the graveyard.