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Re: Should I quit --Yes
Posted by Confused on 10/14/09

    On 10/14/09, anon wrote:
    > As I've said, you really need to resign that job. No job is worth ruining your health over,
    > despite this horrendous economy.
    >
    > As I mentioned before, you will be eventually fired if you stay in your job. That's a
    guarantee.
    >
    > I myself would never go back into this cesspool called public education ever again. It isn't
    > the kids, the parents, or even fellow teachers who are the problem. It's the unscrupulous and
    > criminal types who run these individual schools and school districts who are the problem and
    why
    > are schools are deteriorating right before our eyes.
    >
    > You are so right. I know I DO NOT want to work there it is just the fear of how I am going to
    pay my bills that is getting to me! I am the only person working in my house and I am a single
    parent. I know that once I let this school go, my survival skills will kick in. I guess it is
    just fear of the unknown. I am praying about it. I even called MACE today, a teachers
    association that I read about on GA board. I know that they can not guarantee anything. They
    even mentioned that the admins are probably setting me up for nonrenewal. The thought that
    people can be so viscious is terrible!!!! I am now wishing I had not even gone into this
    profession!
    >
    > On 10/13/09, Confused wrote:
    >> 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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