17 months later.........

I just completed my last curriculum course in my Master's program and am so happy to say I maintained a 4.0 GPA.  I wish I could allow myself to not obsess over my GPA but I have never been able to let go and accept an A- let alone a B.  I started this program in August 2008 right after loosing my job in pharmaceutical sales with the intentions of completing as much of the program as possible while looking for a job.  Well 17 months later I am still unemployed and done with my classes.  All in need to do now is student teach for FREE and I will be a certified teacher with a MA in Elementary Education! So how does one look for a full time job while student teaching?  And why is it that every new career path I choose ends up cutting jobs?  Education, really?  How can the USA produce the great thinkers and inventors of tomorrow by cutting education?