Did you get tired of teaching before you retired?

by Novel

Nov 13, 2015

I have been thinking intensely about leaving teaching, for the first time. In the last three years of a 31 year career, I have had two serious allegations made against me by students. The last one has been recently sorted out. Both have been proved groundless BUT I have been through hell waiting for the resolution. It seems the students have all the protection and the teachers have little if any. I have cried and railed in private, been magnanimous and calm in public. I am rung out. How much more can I take? How many other accusations will there be? How much more documenting and administration can there be? Is it worth the stress of continuing? Is it worth being hard up to just be out of the system?

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Bill T NC (now retired) It's a minefield out there, Novel....dangerous and unpredictable.

I didn't leave teaching. No; it left me, about two years before I finally checked out, in June 2013.

I miss the interaction with the kids every day. Most staff too, but some of them were part of the reason I retired. The focus was no longer on the kids, but on the ...See More

Dec 5, 2015

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Novel Thank you all for responding. It has been an interesting thread. Best wishes x

Dec 7, 2015

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bev Happy Holidays, Novel.

I hope it is peaceful and beautiful.

Bev > > Thank you all for responding. It has been an interesting thread. > Best wishes x

Dec 9, 2015

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Alison/Aus
> What is casual teaching? I have considered supply
> teaching
again
> but around here you end up in the most challenging
> schools,
have
> no relationship with the students and it is exhausting.
> Good luck with all your plans.
>
>

Novel, casual teaching (Aus) = supply tea...See More

Dec 11, 2015

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jme Novel, I am sorry you're dealing with all this. I haven't had to deal with accusations, but I do understand how you feel (I think) and would retire right now if I could afford to. We don't teach any longer, we need to document. I miss the way I used to feel about teaching.

Dec 29, 2015

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