63 pts · January 11, 2019
Those chairs look so uncomfortable.
When my son was in second grade he was going to miss the entire third week of school because we were going to my brother’s wedding in Montana! The school sent an email outlining how important the start of school was for establishing routines and getting the year started on the right foot and how absences correlate with decreased performance. As a teacher, I just laughed. There is no way my son would have remembered the THIRD week of second grade, but he for sure remembers MONTANA!!
100%
And when the whole staff at the school where I previously taught was enraged by a ridiculous decision from higher up they had some guy from HR come and he actually said “And remember, at the end of the day we are all doing it for the kids” and man the mutiny that statement was about to start! Like fuck that! Yeah we all may feel passionately about our job, but it’s a job! And if we didn’t get paid we wouldn’t do it! I cared about my students, but not more than I cared about my quality of life.
Im so sorry for everything you went through. Truly devastating. I hope you are doing well! Thank you for posting this. Just donated to the innocence project because of your post. God damn- this story really affected me. I’m just so sorry man.
Just read this book with my nine year old before his birthday this summer and then got him a falcon plushy as a gift. He loved having his own Frightful the falcon!! The book was amazing and we talked about it so much!! Read it with my older son as well when he was younger. Great book!
This!!! 100%!!
I ordered the shot blocker on Amazon and would bring it with me to all immunization appointments. You can absolutely request they use it and if they put up a fuss (which happened to me with one nurse) I just stood firm and kindly asked they use it. I let the kids play with it and use it on their legs pressing down and giving pretend shots with it. It helped a lot!!
I bought this for my kids and would bring it to all their immunization appointments. It was great! Once there was a nurse who never heard of it and was like I can’t give the shot while that’s on his leg, but I was kind but firm and explained how we always use it and it really helps. She kind of rolled her eyes but used it. The kids would practice using it on their body and gave pretend shots with it. Shots were always a chill experience for us and I think the shot blocker had a lot to do with it
Had to get most of the supplies with my own money and create resources because they didn’t buy me the ones I needed. At the end of the day I decided that all the time away from my own kids in order to be successful at this job just wasn’t worth it. I got a non teaching job in education for a community agency. And I still feel super guilty and bad about leaving my students!! But the system in place made it completely unmanageable to do the job well and still enjoy my life and my family.
I put in my notice today. Years working as a special ed teacher and this year I took on a contained classroom for children with cognitive impairments in a new district. They literally gave me a completely empty classroom and were like ‘good luck’ and now i have zero support. They don’t even answer my emails! The kids deserve way better, but in order to give them what they need I was having to go in two hour early every day and work on the weekends. Those are hours I’m not actually getting paid.
I needed this. Starting a new teaching job tomorrow and only had two days to prep for the new classroom (it was a last minute job change in a new school district). Feeling unprepared even though I put in so many hours the last few days just getting organized. Trying to remind my self to take it one day at a time and try my best each day.
I’m so sorry…
I do the same
I lived in NYC for 6 years (from the Midwest) and people were so helpful. I didn’t know what to expect when I moved there. When we had our first kid I found there were always people willing to help get the stroller up or down the subway stairs. We had lots of other friendly and helpful exchanges. We’re back in the Midwest now and I have so many positive memories of NYC interactions.
Those chairs look so uncomfortable.
When my son was in second grade he was going to miss the entire third week of school because we were going to my brother’s wedding in Montana! The school sent an email outlining how important the start of school was for establishing routines and getting the year started on the right foot and how absences correlate with decreased performance. As a teacher, I just laughed. There is no way my son would have remembered the THIRD week of second grade, but he for sure remembers MONTANA!!
100%
And when the whole staff at the school where I previously taught was enraged by a ridiculous decision from higher up they had some guy from HR come and he actually said “And remember, at the end of the day we are all doing it for the kids” and man the mutiny that statement was about to start! Like fuck that! Yeah we all may feel passionately about our job, but it’s a job! And if we didn’t get paid we wouldn’t do it! I cared about my students, but not more than I cared about my quality of life.
Im so sorry for everything you went through. Truly devastating. I hope you are doing well! Thank you for posting this. Just donated to the innocence project because of your post. God damn- this story really affected me. I’m just so sorry man.
Just read this book with my nine year old before his birthday this summer and then got him a falcon plushy as a gift. He loved having his own Frightful the falcon!! The book was amazing and we talked about it so much!! Read it with my older son as well when he was younger. Great book!
This!!! 100%!!
I ordered the shot blocker on Amazon and would bring it with me to all immunization appointments. You can absolutely request they use it and if they put up a fuss (which happened to me with one nurse) I just stood firm and kindly asked they use it. I let the kids play with it and use it on their legs pressing down and giving pretend shots with it. It helped a lot!!
I bought this for my kids and would bring it to all their immunization appointments. It was great! Once there was a nurse who never heard of it and was like I can’t give the shot while that’s on his leg, but I was kind but firm and explained how we always use it and it really helps. She kind of rolled her eyes but used it. The kids would practice using it on their body and gave pretend shots with it. Shots were always a chill experience for us and I think the shot blocker had a lot to do with it
Had to get most of the supplies with my own money and create resources because they didn’t buy me the ones I needed. At the end of the day I decided that all the time away from my own kids in order to be successful at this job just wasn’t worth it. I got a non teaching job in education for a community agency. And I still feel super guilty and bad about leaving my students!! But the system in place made it completely unmanageable to do the job well and still enjoy my life and my family.
I put in my notice today. Years working as a special ed teacher and this year I took on a contained classroom for children with cognitive impairments in a new district. They literally gave me a completely empty classroom and were like ‘good luck’ and now i have zero support. They don’t even answer my emails! The kids deserve way better, but in order to give them what they need I was having to go in two hour early every day and work on the weekends. Those are hours I’m not actually getting paid.
I needed this. Starting a new teaching job tomorrow and only had two days to prep for the new classroom (it was a last minute job change in a new school district). Feeling unprepared even though I put in so many hours the last few days just getting organized. Trying to remind my self to take it one day at a time and try my best each day.
I’m so sorry…
I do the same
I lived in NYC for 6 years (from the Midwest) and people were so helpful. I didn’t know what to expect when I moved there. When we had our first kid I found there were always people willing to help get the stroller up or down the subway stairs. We had lots of other friendly and helpful exchanges. We’re back in the Midwest now and I have so many positive memories of NYC interactions.