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Re: Should I quit --Yes
Posted by Confused on 10/13/09

    On 10/13/09, Catsister wrote:
    > Do you think you can get permanent disability? If your heart is that bad that just
    thinking of grading something can
    > give you a chest pain, maybe teaching is not for you.
    >
    > In general, teaching is getting worse for teachers. Since I started looking for a job in
    the 90's, the standard class load
    > has risen from 5 to 6 classes in high school, the small plan book squares are out and full
    lesson plans (typed, of
    > course) are in, there are millions of rules regulating how you decorate your bulletin
    board. You are supposed to make
    > special lessons for every child, including those with all of the multiple intelligences,
    ESL kids, those with classifications,
    > those who are gifted and those who are not the sharpest knives in the drawer but are not
    special ed. Meanwhile, the
    > kids are almost unengageable thanks to teeny cell phones they can hide on their lap and
    text with, and teeny
    > headphones attached to teeny ipods they can listen to music with. I've heard of
    administrators that will back teachers
    > up if they get into an argument while confiscating these things, but I've also heard of
    unicorns and leprechauns. I've
    > never actually seen either one.
    >
    > My point: even in a better situation, it's still stressful enough to cause a heart attack.
    Don't be like that little old lady in
    > the commercial who falls on the floor and has chest pains and can't get up.

    Thanks for your advice. I think you misunderstood me though. Grading papers does not give me
    chest pains and anxiety. It is the messiness that goes on at my school. If I am out on sick
    leave, how do I even have any idea about the students grades and why would someone ask me to
    contact them about it? It is just another form of harrassment. I have been harrassed for 2
    years straight. I am just tired of it all and my body has taken enough and now is shutting
    down. Stress is a killer! The last time I had chest pains or heart palpitations is when I
    was working 2 jobs and still behind on bills. I had to learn to let it go. I quit one of the
    jobs and said the heck with the bills, they got paid when they got paid. Now, I am having
    them again and it has been close to 10 years later! This is my 6th year teaching and last
    year was definitely the worst. That is why I am not able to deal with this year, last year
    really tore me down.


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