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08-10-2009, 08:57 PM | #11 |
Her Boy Toy
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I feel for you. I went through something similar. I too quit my job several years ago as a graphic designer. It came as shock to my boss. It was a toxic beaurocratic sweat shop. I was angry, depressed, panic attacked, sick to my stomach, high blood pressured, short tempered, you name it. Seeing no light at the end of the tunnel, I had had ENOUGH! I quit! I was burned out. Best thing I ever did. Since then, it has been a trying time for me as well. I've reached a cross-road in my life and I'm unsure which direction to turn. During these set-backs, I've learned a lot about myself and i'm sure you will too.
I also failed to mention the sense of isolation teaching can bring as you work all the time are mostly around kids instead of adults. |
08-10-2009, 08:57 PM | #12 |
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Please do me a favor: if you are one of those posters who can't grammatically structure a sentence correctly, just move on, far away from this thread. The inability to form a coherent sentence is very telling. Sorry.
Last Friday, I resigned from my job as a high school teacher which I did passionately and lovingly for three years. This is one of the hardest decisions I've ever had to make. As I turned in my resignation to the principal and his secretary, tears streamed down my face despite my desire to hide them. Four years of hard work to get there, then three long years of passion and hard work, just . . . gone. Just like that. A simple piece of paper is all it took. Colleagues and people were/are shocked at my decision. And it probably sounds like there is some regret on my part, but there is not. Sure, there were elements I loved, such as students screaming my name down the halls, students smiling at me, students coming into my room just to be around someone who means something to their lives, and genuinely teaching them things from time to time. Yes, those are the positives. But the negatives, however, for me, outweigh these beautiful positives. So much so that one last straw broke my back and caused me to resign, and now I have no idea how, when, and where I will get/acquire money for my bills. What could be so negative just to leave without any security? Of course, SOME kids' attitudes are horrible and disrespectful. But what is worse is administration's inconsistancy with handling discipline to where a kid curses at you or is generally disrespectful and the punishment equates to a slap on the wrist. Then you have to deal with parents whose children can do no wrong (probably some of you feel this way--just being realistic) and an increasing workload of paperwork, accountability, and responisiblity just to keep parents, administrators, and other faculty members off your back. Not to mention that you take work home with you almost every night, and Sunday is usually a catch-up day, which pretty much only gives you Saturday to be "free"--and sometimes I did work on Saturday. Then, as a younger male teacher, you have to constantly be concerned with your interaction with students, as any misperception can be lethal to your job (you also have to be concerned with your actions in general in public--don't have too good of a time, for sure, or that can come back to the workplace). Therefore, this constricts your personality in the classroom and has you watching your every look and move, and will so even more the first time a student accuses you of remotely doing or saying ANYTHING---trust me. In a nutshell, you have to look out for you more than for your students, which is the reverse reason why I entered the profession. Teachers are also becoming more robotic, infusing less and less creativity into their teaching because the curriculum is becoming more uniform and teachers are all doing and teaching the same thing and being pressured to teach the same way. AND we're being forced to teach the same way with texts such as To Kill A Mockingbird, The Great Gatsby, Lord of the Flies, and The Scarlett Letter which students fucking hate--and so do I, particularly the last three! Finding out a few days ago that I was being expected to "team teach" and teach what and how everyone else was, finally broke my back--instantly. This is happening across America. However, I am not a robot. I am a human with a personality. I predict students will soon go to a "school" in which they are, in some fashion, taught by technology, and there will only be "monitors" to make sure the technology is flowing right. Kind of sad. 1984 anyone? I post this because I think there is something to learn from my devastation, heartache, and sadness. Just hang in there, you will be in my prayers.
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08-10-2009, 09:00 PM | #13 |
Her Boy Toy
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You misspelled "responsibility." ;)
Seriously, though, I can relate. I think you have balls to resign from a position you find unfulfilling rather than just force yourself to do it for the sake of a paycheck. Like Duke Leto says in David Lynch's "Dune" (you ought to teach THAT novel in English class!): "A person needs new experiences. They jar something deep inside, allowing them to grow. Without change, something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken." If I were a local friend, I'd take you toy shopping to cheer you up. Alack and alas. Let us know what sleeper awakens. That's a great quote. Actually, a damned good one that emboldens me. And yeah, you know what has helped me to relax this past year or more? 25th Joes (not the ROC crap) and MOTUC--the two toylines I grew up with . . . ahhh. |
08-10-2009, 09:01 PM | #14 |
Her Boy Toy
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Funny, I thought of Law Enforcement because I wanted to do the right thing just like with teaching. But really, I came to the conclusion that Law Enforcement and teachers get it the worst.
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08-10-2009, 09:03 PM | #15 |
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Dude, I feel for you with your administration problems.
My only advice to you is to go back to school and get your administration certificate. At that level, you can implement true change at whatever school you serve. Take my town as an example. At the high school, they gave a great proportion of the administrator jobs to the coaches! Yes! You wouldn't beleive it but it is true. Take the football coach. He came in to replace the retiring coach of 20 some years. This guy technically was a teacher despite him being the head football coach. He had only one biology class to teach and the rest was weights classes. He would skip teaching it and had an assistant coach who worked for him cover for him because this one class was also his assistants planning period! I guess the assistant coach felt his job would be in danger if he didn't cover for him even though it was his planning(break) period. The next year, they promoted this coach to Assistant Athletic Director so he wouldn't have to teach at all. This guy eventually got ran out of town because he couldn't' get the football team to win. Who got the job next as Assistant Athletic Director? You got it! This time it was the head baseball team coach. The Activities Director is also a former coach. The Vice Principal of the High School was the Tennis Coach. The list goes on and on. So my advice to you is just get your administrators certification. It is better money and you won't have to listen to idiot coaches pretend to be managers. Hope this helps some. Hell, apply for a job here at Dodge. They always need teachers here. Dodge City Public Schools
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08-10-2009, 09:04 PM | #16 |
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I knew you would. ;)
I have the same pet peeve, by the way. I understand the internet is an informal mode of communication, but I still cringe at misspelled words. I spellcheck myself sometimes just to be sure. As nerdsgetchicks's wife says in their daughter's hospital blog, OCD isn't a disorder, it's a super power. |
08-10-2009, 09:06 PM | #17 |
Her Boy Toy
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Dude, I feel for you with your administration problems.
My only advice to you is to go back to school and get your administration certificate. At that level, you can implement true change at whatever school you serve. Take my town as an example. At the high school, they gave a great proportion of the administrator jobs to the coaches! Yes! You wouldn't beleive it but it is true. Take the football coach. He came in to replace the retiring coach of 20 some years. This guy technically was a teacher despite him being the head football coach. He had only one biology class to teach and the rest was weights classes. He would skip teaching it and had an assistant coach who worked for him cover for him because this one class was also his assistants planning period! I guess the assistant coach felt his job would be in danger if he didn't cover for him even though it was his planning(break) period. The next year, they promoted this coach to Assistant Athletic Director so he wouldn't have to teach at all. This guy eventually got ran out of town because he couldn't' get the football team to win. Who got the job next as Assistant Athletic Director? You got it! This time it was the head baseball team coach. The Activities Director is also a former coach. The Vice Principal of the High School was the Tennis Coach. The list goes on and on. So my advice to you is just get your administrators certification. It is better money and you won't have to listen to idiot coaches pretend to be managers. Hope this helps some. Hell, apply for a job here at Dodge. They always need teachers here. Dodge City Public Schools Your post itself also indicates the failure of the system at hand. |
08-10-2009, 09:08 PM | #18 |
Her Boy Toy
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I knew you would. ;)
I have the same pet peeve, by the way. I understand the internet is an informal mode of communication, but I still cringe at misspelled words. I spellcheck myself sometimes just to be sure. As nerdsgetchicks's wife says in their daughter's hospital blog, OCD isn't a disorder, it's a super power. |
08-10-2009, 09:13 PM | #19 |
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I have a friend who teaches some internet classes at a local community college.
One of their class assignments was to watch the film "Leaving Las Vegas" and relate examples of it to alcoholism. One of her students just cut and pasted a review of the film and didn't even bother to remove the url from the bottom of the page. 100% plagiarism. And not just plagiarism. Idiotic imbecilic America's-Most-Stupid-style plagiarism. But my friend just gave her a C. Said she can't get a reputation as a hard professor or no one will sign up for her class. And the student had the audacity to complain about the C! |
08-10-2009, 09:14 PM | #20 |
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Well I can not talk about the position I resigned from last, and that is due to board rules.
Although I will say that I can relate to depression, and know that it is real. I hope that your load feels lighter already by the bold decision you made!
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