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RE: This is The End [Of My Career]

in Proof of Brain • 4 years ago

First of all, glad you're okay.💜

OMG... for some reason I don't seem to remember you were a teacher too.

I can so relate to this part;

I loved teaching kids, but not the curriculum, the people I worked with, or many of the unreasonable demands this profession puts on you.

It's the exact reason I don't want to go back to my teaching job.

It definitely takes its toll, but - in my experience - only other teachers understand.
'Outsiders' are all like : 'you don't have a right to complain, you have so many vacation' (yeah, right, vacation = time to catch up with all the work that hasn't been done), 'and only (here in Belgium, at least), a 24 hour work week' (again: yeah, right - make that at least a 60 hours work week to get everything done, not counting meetings, parent/teacher nights and stuff, dealing with troubled pupils or - even worse - troubled parents, etc).

You're health and happiness are way more important than your job - I had to learn it the hard way too.
I'm sure you'll figure it out, and you'll find a way to make it work, and be happier and healthier than before.

New adventures to explore....