a spork is a fantastic tool for eating but nearly useless as a weapon

[Lisa Claus]

i have two friends who are close to finishing up in uni and are becoming teachers and they told me most teachers either have a nervous breakdown or decide to quit within the first year because its too much pressure and "this isnt for me"

They also have an identity crisis

you've got to try and reconcile your orginal self with the expected professional self of a teacher... that can be a crisis for some people... I mean people don;t tend to recognise teachers as actual people. And you are there up front in front of a whole community's kids and parents and constantly being checked by the education system etc... so you have to wear all these hats and still try and be yourself somehow. I mean I did it for 4 years and I'm taking a break... not because the teaching itself got to me but life itself did and teaching has a LOT of responsibility and it's true most people can't hack it, you are under a lot of scrutiny, a lot of teachers fuck up and do something wrong, but for me I hit a bumpy patch in life and decided to leave teaching until such a time as I was more emotionally stable, just because life is sometimes pretty hard and I take the responsibility fo teaching seriously and if I can't be properly focussed on teaching and getting all those kids accross the line because I've tripped over (so to speak) myself then I don;t want to stay in there until I DO fuck up... because fucking up in teaching can fuck up a bunch of kids too and I do not want to risk that.

Mind you I never did do anything wrong, when my grandfather got sick and I moved to help my mum I just quit teaching for a while... things haven't resolved that simply and my life just isn't back on track yet, in fact it's gotten worse so I just can't right now... well I mean I COULD but I don;t think that would be very responsible.

I know heaps of teachers who have quit never to return though, it's a LOT of work and is pretty hard and at the end of the day teachers aren't computers, they are just people, people who generally drink a lot at that lol

[juji]

They also have an identity crisis

you've got to try and reconcile your orginal self with the expected professional self of a teacher... that can be a crisis for some people... I mean people don;t tend to recognise teachers as actual people. And you are there up front in front of a whole community's kids and parents and constantly being checked by the education system etc... so you have to wear all these hats and still try and be yourself somehow. I mean I did it for 4 years and I'm taking a break... not because the teaching itself got to me but life itself did and teaching has a LOT of responsibility and it's true most people can't hack it, you are under a lot of scrutiny, a lot of teachers fuck up and do something wrong, but for me I hit a bumpy patch in life and decided to leave teaching until such a time as I was more emotionally stable, just because life is sometimes pretty hard and I take the responsibility fo teaching seriously and if I can't be properly focussed on teaching and getting all those kids accross the line because I've tripped over (so to speak) myself then I don;t want to stay in there until I DO fuck up... because fucking up in teaching can fuck up a bunch of kids too and I do not want to risk that.

Mind you I never did do anything wrong, when my grandfather got sick and I moved to help my mum I just quit teaching for a while... things haven't resolved that simply and my life just isn't back on track yet, in fact it's gotten worse so I just can't right now... well I mean I COULD but I don;t think that would be very responsible.

I know heaps of teachers who have quit never to return though, it's a LOT of work and is pretty hard and at the end of the day teachers aren't computers, they are just people, people who generally drink a lot at that lol

Call m0nde to add this on .txt

[always stevey]

They also have an identity crisis

you've got to try and reconcile your orginal self with the expected professional self of a teacher... that can be a crisis for some people... I mean people don;t tend to recognise teachers as actual people. And you are there up front in front of a whole community's kids and parents and constantly being checked by the education system etc... so you have to wear all these hats and still try and be yourself somehow. I mean I did it for 4 years and I'm taking a break... not because the teaching itself got to me but life itself did and teaching has a LOT of responsibility and it's true most people can't hack it, you are under a lot of scrutiny, a lot of teachers fuck up and do something wrong, but for me I hit a bumpy patch in life and decided to leave teaching until such a time as I was more emotionally stable, just because life is sometimes pretty hard and I take the responsibility fo teaching seriously and if I can't be properly focussed on teaching and getting all those kids accross the line because I've tripped over (so to speak) myself then I don;t want to stay in there until I DO fuck up... because fucking up in teaching can fuck up a bunch of kids too and I do not want to risk that.

Mind you I never did do anything wrong, when my grandfather got sick and I moved to help my mum I just quit teaching for a while... things haven't resolved that simply and my life just isn't back on track yet, in fact it's gotten worse so I just can't right now... well I mean I COULD but I don;t think that would be very responsible.

I know heaps of teachers who have quit never to return though, it's a LOT of work and is pretty hard and at the end of the day teachers aren't computers, they are just people, people who generally drink a lot at that lol

What the fuck? Bitch is nuts! Look at the SIZE of this rant!