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I'm going crazy!
I'm stressed out to the 9's right now.
I met with my supervisor and he said there's nothing they can do to change the schedule next year. I told him I would probably be late every day - he said they'd put someone in my room until I got there. I told him this isn't in the best interest of the kids because I won't be there when they have study hall or after school to help them - he said they'd pay me to make a 2nd trip (out of my way to go home) once a week to help the kids. I said that it's not fair for the other teacher because I will literally have to do whatever she's doing and she'll have to make sure I'm aware of her lessons all the time. He said well she's a nice teacher so she'll help you out. I told him I couldn't do any team activities because I wouldn't be here, he said my team will have to pick up the load. Every reason I told him to not have this schedule he had a reason why he couldn't change it.
Plus my sister is fighting with my family. She's seeing a guy that lives with his ex and she told me. I thought they were breaking up so I told my other sister. She knows that I told her so she's mad to me, my sister for telling her to break up with him and now she's mad at my mom (because my mom is always in everyone's business). So they are emailing back and forth, cc'ing both me and my other sister (another teacher) at work. Like I have time to deal with that.
Plus my students don't give a darn about school work right now and are being lazy. I have so many kids failing right now and they only have 4 more weeks of school. They left my room a mess today - I wound up hosting 2 classes during study hall because another teacher left early and they were loud and obnoxious. I had to write a few kids up today because they were squirting each other with eye droppers, running around the room.
I'M SO DONE! I'm seriously thinking of switching careers. I'm so tired of all this. I'm going to have an ulcer.
Thanks for letting me vent. I'm thinking a coffee colatta is in order after today plus the fact that I need to go to class for 3 hours tonight before I can finally head home.
Re: I'm going crazy!
Take a deeeeeeeep cleansing breath.
God bless teachers, because I don't know how you put up with all the crap you do every day. It sucks that your supervisor isn't listening to your concerns or willing to work on another solution. Could you get your union rep or a mediator involved?
As for your family, it sucks. My baby sister was dating a loser for a while too, and it really caused a lot of grief for my family. The only advice I can give is to stay out of it, tell your sister and mother that you don't want to hear about it, and not to copy you on their emails. It's your sister's decision, and eventually she will realize that she can do better, but in the meantime she knows what everyone thinks and doesn't need a daily reminder. Just be supporting until it blows over.
It will get better!
Thanks. I also wasn't approved to start the course at the high school. The budget passed but they gave the money to other classes and not mine. I didn't have high hopes but after the awful schedule they gave me I was kind of hoping my supervisor would say I would travel to the high school instead (since it's a lot closer and more manageable) but no. My union rep and the union president are looking into this but other teachers travel like this so I doubt anything will come of it. What they don't understand is that most of the teachers that travel don't have prep work. Teachers that do math lab and don't have to grade anything or make many lesson plans are the ones that travel. Not science teachers that have to set up labs a few days a week. I've always been a motivated teacher, always striving to keep up with the latest information and making the class relevant and fun but I really feel this schedule will take a toll on me and I won't have the same motivation.
Yeah, I told my sister how I feel. She told me she could handle it and that was it. So I'm not planning on saying anything more. I told her how I feel and she's a big girl - she made her bed and now she must lie in it. My mom said she'd stay out of it too but I highly doubt that will be the case. Not my problem.
I know right now everything feels like it is caving in around you, but don't worry - things can only get better from here!!
{{hugs}}