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Re: Should I quit --Yes
Posted by Confused on 10/16/09

    On 10/15/09, anon wrote:
    > The trouble with that advice is you wil NEVER prevail over the district--NEVER. You are on the way out
    > as it is. The best you could hope for is some kind of settlement.
    >
    > I would get out of there and perhaps seek legal counsel. You are literally risking your life trying to
    > deal with a toxic workplace situation.
    >
    > I agree with you anon. The problem is that my family think I am crazy, my mother especially. She said if I
    wanted my job, I would fight for it. That's the problem, I do not want it. If I have been sick every since I
    found out that I may have to go back, then I know it is something very WRONG!
    >
    > On 10/14/09, Confused wrote:
    >> On 10/14/09, anon wrote:
    >>> On 10/14/09, anon wrote:
    >>>> Can you tell me more about MACE? Things are desperate out here in Nevada. I have had NO job offers
    >>>> and only about six in the last year-and-a-half, and this includes jobs of all kinds.
    >>>
    >>> I meant six interviews. It's bad out here.
    >>
    >> That's so sad! Well,MACE is a teachers organization that protects and fights for teaches. They do not
    >> have administrators as members like the other organizations, GAE or PAGE. I just called to get there
    >> take of the situation. They advised me not to quit and to try to fight. To be honest, I am not sure
    >> that I have any fight left in me. I am going to continue to weigh my options. What if it just makes
    >> the situation worst and cause me more stress? I can't deal with that at this point in my life. We will
    >> see I guess.
    >>>>
    >>>>
    >>>> On 10/14/09, Confused wrote:
    >>>>> 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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